The Expedition began its third consecutive season at Nimrud on March 7th, 1951, and continued until the end of April. On an average approximately 200 workmen were employed, considerably more than in the two previous seasons, and this greater effort was correspondingly rewarded. The larger scale on which we were enabled to work was due to the support of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and we wish to take this opportunity of thanking the Trustees for their generosity and the Director, Mr. Francis Henry Taylor, for the interest which he has taken in the Expedition. We are similarly indebted to the friendly co-operation of Mr. Charles Wilkinson who discussed the project with us in England in 1950. The Trustees approved the suggestion that Mr. Kelly Simpson of the Egyptian Department should join us on the dig; we welcomed him as a friend no less than as a valued member of our staff. This association with our American colleagues has thus proved to be a most happy and successful venture.