Adad, 163, 221
Adadnadinakhe, bricks of, 295
Adad-nirari, 166
Adyton, or side chamber, 59, 60, 296
Ægina, coins of, 270
Agade (Ishtar of), 243, 296, 300
Agate, 221, 265, 268
_Agul_, 99
Aiburšabù, Ai-ibur-shabu, 26, 51;
street of Babylon, 52, 54, 113
Akkad, 152, 231
Alabaster, 29, 211, 218, 252;
dedicatory inscription on, 301
Alabastra, 72, 252, 254, 255
Aleppo, 110
Alexander, 11, 196, 204, 270, 307, 309, 310, 311, 313
Ammiditana, 240, 291
Amphora, 251, 255, 270
Amran, 15, 16, 141, 173, 183, 200, 204, 223, 228, 229, 254, 261, 276,
312, 313
Amran Ibn Ali, tomb of, 212
Amulets, 270, 271, 283
Anah, 25
_Anaku_, 75
Ananeh, 14
Anklets, 276
Anthropoid coffins, 276
Anu, 193, 210, 264, 279
Anunnaki, 151
_Apadana_ (appa danna), 12, 68, 128
Ape, 234, 284
_Ap-lam_, 79
_Aplu ašaridu_, 75
Arab cemetery, 223;
middle age, 314;
revolving mills, 261
Arabs, 11, 15, 108, 160, 212, 223, 258, 261, 264, 300;
and the basalt lion, 160
Arachtu Canal, 52;
wall of Nabopolassar, 84, 87, 114, 131, 137–144, 145, 158, 179, 181,
199–203, 312
Aramaic brick stamps, 80, 168
incantation bowls, 248
writing on birds’ eggs, 248
Archaic characters, 78
Arch construction, 70, 93
Arched doorway, 70, 71
Architects, 71, 109, 174, 180
Arrow-heads, 263
Artaxerxes, 68, 313
Artaxerxes Mnemon, 129, 182
Arval, 46
Arx or Kasr, 14
Aryballos, 254
Ashes, in funeral ceremony, 273
Asphalt, 25, 31, 42, 49, 52, 54, 59, 70, 86, 88, 100, 104, 114, 122,
127, 134, 136, 137, 138, 144, 154, 155, 156, 168, 173, 192, 197,
294, 295
Assur, 93, 99, 103, 110, 151, 219, 236, 275
Assyrian alabaster reliefs, 29
palaces, 159
period, 312
Asûḫu-trees, 169
Atele, 168
Audience chamber, 103
Auditorium, 301
Axe, 80
Bâb bilti, 53
Babel Street, 25
Babil, city of, 16, 19, 22, 44, 152, 211;
feast of, 257;
mound of, 4, 9, 10, 12, 129, 242;
fortress of, 88;
palace of Nebuchadnezzar, 11, 14, 31, 85, 86, 181;
ruins of, 128
Bab-ilani, 181
Babylon, climate, 74;
compared with Nineveh, 5;
comparison of, with modern cities, 5;
Dragon of, 46;
Dûr of, 134, 136, 142;
excavations, 5;
Hanging Gardens, 98, 100;
main gate of, 46;
mounds of, 15;
prehistoric existence, 88;
private houses, planning of, 286;
sacking of, 180;
towers, 1, 2, 4, 5, 15, 34, 195, 196, 309;
wall of, 1–6, 31, 34, 137, 311;
Vatican of, 190
Babylon and Esagila of equal importance, 141;
united, 87
Babylonia, glyptic art of, 29
Babylonian ell, 1, 40
graves, 54
house, 293
mounds, 14
scenery, 19
Bachura, 195
Bagdad, 8, 75, 82, 108, 228
Bagistana, 166
Balls, limestone, 50
Barks, sacred, 257
Basalt, 159, 166, 259
Bas-reliefs, 29
Bastion, 89, 136, 137, 138, 176, 178
Bavian inscription, 222
Beads, 118–19, 256, 264, 265
Beakers, 248, 257
Beams, 94
Bedri Bey, 10
Bees, 164
Bel, 60, 193, 210, 264, 313;
and the Dragon, 46
Belit, 264
Bell, earthenware, 256
Belnadinshum, Bel-nâdin-šum, 240, 311
Belshazzar’s banquet, 103
Beltis, 26, 69, 72
Berosus, 96, 98, 169
Bezold, 192, 212
Binder, 84
Bismaya, 220
Bitumen, 6, 12, 44, 51, 54, 61, 112
Boar’s tusk, 271
Boats, earthenware, 258
Boomerang, 221
Borsippa, temple of, 31, 56, 209, 296;
tower of, 11, 14, 32;
zikurrat of, 194
Bowls, 248, 259, 261
Breccia, 25
Brick robbers, 82, 102, 144, 158, 160, 183, 294, 309
Bricks, baked, 134;
burnt, 3 _et passim_;
blue enamelled, 34, 44;
eight-lined, 86;
enamelled, 26, 88, 105;
flooring, 147;
inscribed, 61, 84–86, 138, 141, 187, 202, 208;
plastic clay, 28;
signs on, 30;
square, 3;
stamps, 52, 61, 75, 78, 137;
remains, 305
Bridge, 197;
gateway, 216
Bronze, 44, 76, 113, 169, 210, 263, 265, 267
Buddensieg, 74
Bulls, 38, 41, 45, 46, 130, 265, 272
Bureau, 103
Burial, methods of, 271, 272
Burials, double-urn, 273;
crouching, 275
Burnaburariaš, 264
Canal, 8, 9, 18, 19, 50, 51, 52, 167, 168, 180
Casket, 59
Cavalier towers, 4, 68, 200
Cedar wood, 6, 12, 44, 113, 169, 210
Ceilings, cedar, 159
Cella, 31, 57, 58, 59, 63, 204, 206, 210, 230, 231, 234, 296, 298
Celsius, 74
Ceramics, 248
Chamber of Fate, 26, 52
Chase, 130
Cheetah, 48
China, wall of, 5
Chinese dragon, 48
Citadel, 71, 84, 107, 110, 256, 257
Clay, 155, 208, 238, 309
Coffins, anthropoid, 276;
brick, 146;
clay, 155, 238;
pottery, 275;
terra-cotta, 102, 219;
wooden, 216, 219
Coins, Arabic, 270;
Graeco-Persian, 270
Conduit, 148, 167, 300
Construction, false principle of, 84
Copper, 6, 12, 44, 113, 232, 233
Cores, 72, 148, 183
Courts of Justice, 90
Crypts, 91, 100
Ctesias, 2, 4, 96, 129, 131, 195, 197, 201, 313
Cuneiform, 75, 77, 80, 95, 128, 245, 269
Cupids, 285, 286
Curtains, 146, 151
Curtius Rufus, 97, 98, 325, 326
Cylinder, E-ulla, 199;
Grotefend, 112;
of Nabonidus, 300;
of Nabopolassar, 135, 195, 231;
of Nebuchadnezzar, 112, 145, 195, 203;
of Neriglissar, 191, 211;
of Nimitti-Bel, 223;
of Sardanapalus, 60, 151, 153, 154
Cylinder building, 166, 167
seal, 267
Cylix, 254
Cypress, 169
Cyprus, 104
Damp, precautions against, 127
Daniel, 46, 49, 160
Darius, 49, 128, 166, 235, 270
Delitzsch, 44, 51, 53, 60, 85, 86, 112, 113, 134, 136, 138, 153, 169,
192, 195, 211, 257, 296
De Sarzec, 244, 293, 295
Dieulafoy, M., 327
Dinosaur, 48
Diodorus, 98, 99, 100, 129, 197, 198, 201, 310, 318–322
Dionysos, 301
Dioscurides, 301
Divaniyeh, 18
Djin, 160
_Djird_, 19, 21
Djumdjumma, 14, 223
_Dolab_, 19
Dolerite, 166
Door, 57, 211, 212
Door leaves, cedar, 113, 169
Door-post, bronze ferrule of, 57
Dragons, 38, 44, 130, 221, 222
Drainage, 243
Drains, 110, 123, 124, 125, 147, 148, 154
Du-azag, 26, 52, 53, 211
Duck weight, 190
Dul-azag, 26, 52, 53, 211
Ea, 204, 207, 210, 264
E-an-na, 167
E-bar-ra, 167
Ear-rings, 265, 276, 279
East India House Inscription, 5
E-ḫul-ḫul, 167
Ekua, 152, 211
El-Hibbah, 238, 239, 293
Emach, 58, 60, 61, 186, 312
Enamel, 30, 34, 41, 44, 45, 46, 104–107, 129, 130
Enlil, 231
Entemena, 220
Epatutila, 229, 231
Esagila, 145;
priests of, 46;
separate from Babylon, 87, 88;
Temple of, 12, 15, 24, 53, 56, 64, 192, 197, 207, 211, 221, 242, 257,
312
Esarhaddon, 79, 87, 151, 186, 187, 207, 215, 221, 312
E-sigiši, 99
Etemenanki, 15, 141, 167, 183, 186, 189, 190, 192, 195, 197, 207, 208,
211, 309, 312, 313
E-ulla, 199
Euphrates, bridge, 53, 95;
at high water, 8;
course of, 18;
dam, 10;
fringed with palms, 14;
identity with Arachtu, 141;
sluggish, 16;
wall, 31;
famed water of, 108
E-ur-imin-an-ki, 14
Evil-Merodach, 78, 79, 159
_Exedra_, 307
Expansion joints, 36, 71, 95, 116, 122, 127, 136
Ezida, 54, 75, 86, 134, 211
Façade, 294, 299
Fara, 19, 243;
Noah’s ark built at, 18, 220;
double-urn coffin in use at, 219;
ground plan, 292, 293;
palaeolithic saws at, 261;
river bank at, 19;
tablets found at, 246, 247;
underground canal, 93
Figures, 59, 158, 218, 232, 257, 265
Fillets, semicircular, 56;
round pillars, 244
Finger-rings, 267
Fireplaces, table-shaped, 295
Fisher, 216, 295
Flasks, 72, 251
Flint, 88, 261, 268, 311
Flute, 284
Footstools, 301
Foundation trenches, 128
Frieze, 169
Frit, 268
Gabbari-KAK, 164
Gates, 192, 193
Gateways, 189, 199, 209, 230
Glass, 255, 256, 264, 268
Goblets, 255
Gold plate, rectangular, 34
Graeco-Parthian burials, 216, 275
Graeco-Parthian Period, 109, 276, 277–279, 312
Gratings, 136, 179
Graves, brick, 168, 182, 290;
deposits in, 276, 277, 285
Greek Period, 216, 240, 250, 285, 313
Greek Theatre, 300, 301, 307
Gudea, 220, 257;
bricks, 293–295
Gula, 234, 279
Gutters, 125, 150, 186, 233, 294
Gypsum, 88, 89, 103, 104, 114, 118, 216, 219, 276, 291, 299, 301, 305
Habl Ibrahim, 18
Hail, 108
Hair and bitumen, concoction of, 46
Halil Bey, 10
Hanging Gardens, 98, 100
Hammurabi, 29, 88, 114, 228, 240, 242, 244, 246, 311
Haran, 167
Harp, 284
Hatra, 110
Hattre, 66, 162
Hea, 193
Hellenistic vases, 254
Hellmann, 74
Hephaestion, 311
Hera, 195
Herodotus, 2, 3, 5, 31, 64, 82, 98, 102, 193–197, 201, 210, 212, 222,
242, 280, 313–318
Hilani, 12
Hilleh, 8, 14, 183, 212
Hindiyeh, 10, 18
Hit, 25
Hittite hieroglyphic inscription, 165
stela, 164
Holy of Holies, 58
Homera, 32, 150, 309, 312, 313
mound, 15, 300, 302, 308, 310
Hommel, 192, 203, 229
Hudeh, 103
Iggigi, 151
Illu Gate, 26
Imgur-Bel, 5, 34, 44, 113, 127, 134–136, 138, 140, 144, 145, 150,
152–154, 168, 181, 182, 312
India, rainfall, 74
Inscription—
Assyrian votive, 221;
Bavian, 52, 222;
Darius Hystaspes, 166;
Greek Theatre, 301;
Hittite hieroglyphic, 165;
Nabopolassar, 87, 140, 142, 195;
Nebuchadnezzar, 25, 45, 54, 84, 133, 160, 178, 187, 191, 195;
Nebuchadnezzar’s _Steinplatten_, 5, 26, 38, 44, 52, 69, 99, 113, 128,
168, ]174, 178, 210, 257;
Neo-Babylonian, 164, 221;
Neriglissar, 113, 211;
pottery, 227;
Sardanapalus, 60, 151, 207
Interments, 146, 219
Invasion by water feared, 180
Iron, 265
Irrigation, 8, 20, 21
_Irsit Babylon_, 14
Ishin aswad, 15, 229, 238, 239, 312
Ishtar Gate, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32, 35, 38, 42, 46, 49, 53, 55, 71, 89,
102, 104, 129, 130, 136–138, 145–148, 150, 156, 166, 170, 173, 174,
178, 181, 182, 199, 222;
consecration inscription, 45
Ishtar, statue of, 163;
Temple of, 296, 297, 300, 312, 313
Ivory, 169
Jars, storage, 250, 251, 259
Jastrow, 204
Jeremiah, 314
Jews and the Tower of Babylon, 196
Joints, 70, 127, 158
Josephus, 324, 325
Kadashmanbel, 290
Kadashmanturgu, 290
Kaḫilisir, 211
Kalach, 89
Kâr, 138
Karabet, 14
Kasr, 10 _et passim_
Kassite, 77, 248
Kassite kings, 76
Kerbela, 183
Ketshaue, 236
Khabur, 162
Khan Mhauil, 14
Khorsabad, 94, 194, 236
Kilns, 76, 82
Kirû, 138
Kisa, 255
Kisu, 61, 62, 85, 122, 186, 192, 208, 214, 223, 300
Knives, 263
Koldewey, 327
Ktesiphon, 110
Kua-bark, 257
Kua-ship, 211
Kudur-Bel, 311
_Kudurru_, 252, 257, 266
Kunukku, 221
Kurigalzu, 290, 311
Kutha, 14
Kweiresh, 14, 16, 22, 183, 199, 200, 214, 291
Kyanos, 46
Labashi, 65
Labashi-Marduk, 79
Lady Gate, 52, 53
Lamps, 252, 253, 254
Lapis lazuli, 46, 158, 169, 221, 236, 268
Latomia, 196
Lebanon, cedars of, 85, 86, 94, 112, 195, 211
Leg-bones, decorated, 265
Lehmann-Haupt, 199
Libil-ḫigalla, 50, 51, 80, 113, 168, 312
Libraries, 236
Limestone, 25, 45, 50, 51, 89, 159, 177, 259
Lion, 46, 80, 130
Lions represented on tiles, 28, 80, 107, 159, 236
Lizard, 49
_Logeion_, 305
Luschan, F. von, 165
Lydia, 270
Lysimachus, 270
Mace heads, 261
McGee, 195, 199, 309
Maër, 162
Magnetite, 268
Marble, 268
Marduk, 24, 25, 26, 45, 46, 51, 53, 54, 79, 85, 86, 134, 136, 138, 141,
151, 153, 168, 192, 195, 221, 236, 264;
cellae of, 204, 210;
Ekua, the chamber of, 211;
emblem of, 164;
festival of, 99;
procession of, 196;
sacred bark of, 257;
statue of, 64, 222, 280;
symbol of, 119, 269;
Temple of, 15, 204
Marduk-aplu-iddina II., 311
Marduk-nâdin-shum, King, 221
_Maru_, 75
Mats, 30, 31
Melishikhu, 240, 264
Merkes, 15, 239, 244, 311;
absence of glazed trough coffins, etc., in, 276;
fore-leg of pachyderm found in, 271;
houses in, 18, 52, 88, 114, 183, 238, 287, 292, 296, 305;
Ishtar Temple, 313;
mounds, 228;
objects found in, 286;
sarcophagi found at, 275;
utensils and toys found in, 256;
wall facings, 109
Merodach-Baladan, 240
Mesopotamia, 32, 94, 194
Mesopyrgion, 146, 148, 172, 201
Messerschmidt, 45
Metal stamp, 76
Mills, 260, 261
Mirage, 8
Mismakanna, 169
Moat-bridge, 180
wall, 136, 140, 144, 201, 202
Mongoose, 271
Mortar, 4, 247
Mossul, 110
Moulds, 28, 29
Mudshallibeh, 160
Mugwar, 162
Musical instruments, 284
Muss-Arnolt, 191
Musseyib, 10, 18, 108
_Mutbak_, 284
Mycenaean Period, 216
Myrina, 285
Nabalu, 12
Nabonidus, 80, 91, 166, 182, 203, 228, 300;
bricks, 62, 68, 79, 240;
inscription, 167;
wall of, 31, 52, 53, 145, 313
Nabopolassar’s palace wall, 116
Nabû, 46, 54, 79, 136, 164, 231, 257
Nabubalatsuikbi, 79
Nagada, 256
Nana, gate of, 45
_Na’ura_, 19
Nebek tree, 168
Nebo, 193, 209, 269
Necklaces, 276
Necropolis, 182, 219
Nedjef, 183
Neo-Babylonian architecture, 242
Period, 52, 277, 312
script, 86, 166
Neriglissar, 51, 68, 79, 113, 125, 166, 171, 182, 192, 211
Niches, 104, 145, 204
Nil canal, 6
Nimitti-Bel, 32, 34, 44, 80, 138, 150, 152–154, 168, 173, 181, 223, 312
Nineveh, 5, 327
Ninib, identification of, 279;
representation, 234;
Temple of, 229, 231, 232, 236, 237, 243, 298, 299, 300, 312
Ninmach, 60, 61, 218;
representation of, 277, 280;
temple of, 55, 56, 65, 104, 181, 299
Ninus, 130
Nippur, 18, 19, 93, 216, 219, 295
Noah’s Ark, 18
Nusku, 193, 252
Oheimir, mound of, 14
Oil, 153
Omen-literature, 244
Onyx, 222, 233, 263, 265
Oppert’s excavations, 5
Ornaments, 34, 129, 264, 266
Ostrich eggs, 271
Ovens, 81
Oxen, pictures of, 44
Oyster-shell, 265
Pachyderm, 271
Palace, 71, 99, 113, 166, 169
Palaeolithic saws, 261
Palaestra, 307
Panpipe, 284
Papsukal, 118, 227, 233, 296
Parthian buildings, 49, 221
houses, 168
Period, 182, 183, 216, 239, 242, 251, 280, 285, 313
sarcophagi, 4
Passages, 63, 72
Pavements, 114, 115, 128, 146, 156, 170, 290, 300, 312
Paving-stones, 52, 53, 159, 166
Pedestals, 304
Peiser, 227
Pensilia, 100
Perde hangings, 164
Peribolos, 52, 53, 130, 187, 192
Peristyle, 215, 216, 295, 305, 307
Persepolis, 12, 89, 128, 129
Persian building, 129, 131, 136
cotton-printer, 164
enamels, 30
executions, 82
Period, 103, 150, 155, 240, 267, 312
wall, 177, 182
work, 127
Pestle and mortar, 259
Pigeons, 271
Pilasters, 154
Pillars, 216
Pithos, 254
Place, 94, 194
Plaster, 304
Plastic art, 29, 269, 270
Plough, hooked, 21
Polynesia, 264
Pompeii, mosaic of, 235
Poplar wood, 70, 116
Postament, 59, 64
Potsherds, 237
Pottery, 82, 252, 258, 273
stamps, 75, 77
Procession Street, 31, 44, 46, 54, 62, 68, 130, 137, 156, 170, 172,
174, 177, 182, 191, 196, 200, 242, 312
Proscenium, 304
Quarrying, 10, 25
Quay wall, 137
Rain, 19, 74
Ram, 257
Ramman, 46
Ramps, 63, 68, 112, 144, 201, 209, 212
Rathgen, 30
Reed straw, 31
Reeds, 70, 100, 114, 122, 136
Reliefs, 28, 29, 32, 41, 42, 158, 162, 169, 236, 263
Rhea, 195
Rhine, Binger Lock, 203
Ribaniš, 164
Ripley-cylinder, 191
Rising Sun, door of, 212
Rock-crystal, 221, 265
Roofs, 75, 99, 108, 169, 170, 195
Roman stone vaulting, 71
Rubbing-mill, 259, 260
Sachn, 15, 125, 183, 309
Šalḫû, 152, 153
Šamaš, 231
Samaua, 18
Samsuditana, 240, 291
Samsuiluna, 240, 291
Sandstone, 159
Sandstorms, 195, 196
Sarcophagi, 216, 219, 233, 275, 276
Sardanapalus, brick stamps of, 79, 187, 207, 215
cylinder of, 60, 151
inscription of, 167
Nimitti-Bel of, 150, 312
Ninmach Temple of, 181
Sargon, brick stamp of, 80
wall of, 131, 137, 138, 140–142, 147, 181, 202, 312
Sargonids, 256, 265
Sarîr, 211, 257
Sarrateia, 60
Sassanide fort, 10
Period, 102, 182, 313
Satyrs, 285
Saws, 261, 263
Sceptre of Life, House of the, 229
Scheil, 166, 327
Schöne, 26
Seal, 267, 268, 269
Sea-shell, 268
Sedde, 10, 11
Seleucia, town wall, 5
Seleucid Period, 212, 233, 327
Semiramis, 100, 130, 131
Sendjirli, 57, 165
Senkereh, 263
Sennacherib, 52, 53, 79, 141, 191, 222, 312
Serapis, 204
Serpent, figures of, 38, 45
Setting Sun, door of, 212
Shadu stone, 25, 26, 41
Shamash, 164, 269
Shamash-resh-ussur, 162
Shamash shumukin, 152
Sherds, glazed, 212
Shiddim, 192
Shields, 163, 164, 221
Shuruppak, 18, 219
Silver, 265
Sin, 164, 269
Sindjar, 2, 14
Sippar, 12
Sippar cylinder, 145
Sippara, 167
Sirrush, 38, 41, 46, 48
Sluice, 51
Smith, Etemenanki inscription of, 192, 210;
Esagila tablet, 327
Spinning whorls, 258
Stamps, 62, 75, 88, 199, 309
Stelae, 162, 164, 166, 190
Stoa, 216
Stone carving, 29
Strabo, 97, 98, 108, 196, 309, 323
Stucco, 42
Šú-an-na-ki, 231
Suḫi canal, 164
Sukhi, 162
Sumer, 152
Surgul, 219, 220, 238, 239, 253, 261, 293
Susa, 127
Swords, 263
Syracuse, 196
Tablets, 61, 65, 100, 136, 223, 236, 244–247, 291
Tambourine, 284
Tanagra, 285
Tasmit, 193
Tell Ibrahim, 14
Telloh, 220, 244, 293
Terraces, 156, 173
Terra-cotta, 64, 65, 102, 216, 218, 219, 234, 257, 277, 285, 309
Teshup, weather god, 164
Thureau-Dangin, 193
Tigris, 16, 108
Tiles, 28, 88, 104, 112
_Tin-tir_, 77
Tiryns, acropolis of, 87
Tomb robbers, 119
Towers, 1, 55, 110, 146, 150, 156, 171, 176, 180, 187, 201, 214, 296,
298
Trenches, 133, 136, 183
Trough coffins, 276
Troy, 87
Tu’mânu, 164
_Turminabanda_, 25, 26, 41, 50, 191
_Tur-uš_, 79
Ub-šu-ukkenna, 211
Uknû, 45
Uluburariaš, 2, 64
Ungnad, 227
Urash gate, 57, 200, 313
Urmit, 193
Usu-wood, 169
Vases, 248, 252, 259
Vaulted building, 93, 94, 95, 135
Vaulting, 93, 94, 99, 100, 104, 125
Venus, 163
Viper, horned, 48
Virgin, statue of, 196
Vitruvius, 128
Wages, 24
Walking serpent, 46
Warka, 244
Water course, 19, 50
drinking, 108
channel, 183
vase, 207
Weber, 244
Weissbach, 54, 85, 164, 173, 232, 264
Well, 38, 91, 107, 136
Whorls, spinning, 257
Wigs, 216
Winckler, 51, 52, 61, 112, 145
Wristlets, 265
Wuswas, 244
Zakmuk, 211
Zamana, 194
Zarâti, 210, 257
Zarpanit, 210
Zeus, 194, 195, 212
Zeus Belus, 194
Zikurrat, 141, 186, 189, 193–196, 210, 229, 294
THE END
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2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
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