Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon

by Austen Henry Layard

INDEX.

A.
Abde Pasha, [383], [540].
Abdi Agha, [52].
Abd-ul-Azeez, mound of, [187].
Hills of, [259].
Abou-Jerdeh, mound, [186].
Abou-Khameera, ruins of, [201], [202].
Abou-Maria, excavations at, [278].
Abou-Sheetha, mound of, [188].
Abraham thrown into the furnace by Nimrod, [403].
Adremit, village of, [338].
Adrammelech, name of, according to Rawlinson, [497].
Æthiopia, mentioned in inscriptions, [121].
Afaij, visit to tribe of, [438].
Their boats, [443].
Their huts, [445].
Agab, Sheikh of the Afaij, [446].
Agammi river, [124], [475].
Agayl, tribe of, [395].
Akhlat, village of, [30].
Akhtamar, patriarch of, [339].
Visit to the island of, ib.
Church of, ib.
Akkari, sea of the Mediterranean, [296].
Akker-Kuf, ruin of, [382].
Akko, a Yezidi chief, [42], [47].
Albanian, an, [313].
Alabaster, jars in, [164], [165].
Alexander the Great, [174], [190].
Wish to uncover ruins of Temple of Belus, [420].
To rebuild it, [426].
To restore canals, [428].
Ali-Baba mountains, [24].
Altars discovered at Khorsabad, [110].
At Nimroud, [288].
American missionaries, their establishments, [313], [332], [334], and note.
Their schools at Ooroomiyah, [334].
Intercourse with Nestorians, [347].
Amran, mound of, [390].
Discoveries in, [414].
Ana, town of, mentioned in inscriptions, [294].
Anana, ruin and village, [436].
Antioch, Egyptian monument at, [295], note.
Ararat, name of Armenia, [403].
View of mount, [423].
Araxes river, [25].
Arban, arrival at, [223].
Description of, [226].
Excavations at, [228].
Departure from, [252].
Arbela, battle of, [174].
Arabs. See [Bedouins].
Arab workmen, [88].
Instances of honesty in, [470].
Arabkha, a city under Sennacherib, [120].
Aramæans defeated by Sennacherib, [118].
Arch at Nimroud, [138].
Architecture, Armenian, [35].
Assyrian, [120].
Babylonian, [423].
Early Persian, [460].
Comparison between Assyrian and Jewish, [517].
Armenia, a bishop of, [27], [392].
Ploughs in, [29], [38].
Schools in, [331].
Reform in church, [332].
Books in language of, [334].
Ignorance of Christians in, [335].
Armour, parts of, discovered, [152], [162].
Worn by Bedouins, [251].
Arms in iron and bronze discovered, [162].
Arrows, heads of, discovered, [162].
Art, Assyrian, of lower period, [369].
Arvad, name of, in inscriptions, [296].
Ascalon, name of, in inscriptions, [122].
Ashayansk, village of, [340].
Ashtoreth, or Astarte, the moon, [291], and note.
Ashur, the supreme god of the Assyrians, [504].
Ashurakhbal. See [Sardanapalus].
Ass, a wild, [224].
White, of Bagdad, [379].
Assordanes, name in inscriptions, [365].
Assurnadin, son of Sennacherib, [124].
Assyria, computation of time in, [178].
Greek coin of, [479].
Name of, on Egyptian monuments, [505].
Records of, compared with Jewish, [506].
Nature of government, [507].
Bounds of empire, [509].
Athur or Assur, mound of, [139].
Azeez Agha, a young Sheikh, [393].
B.
Baashiekhah, village of, [112].
Baazani, village of, [111].
Babel, mound of, [389], [397].
Excavations and discoveries in, [408].
Small objects from, [409].
Babylon taken by Sennacherib, [118], [178], [500].
In possession of early Nimroud king, [293].
Name of, in Wan inscriptions, [327].
Approach to ruins of, [389].
Excavations commenced at, [394].
Walls of, not traced, [397].
Dimensions of walls, [398].
General plan of, [400].
Hanging gardens of, [405].
Temple of Belus, [406].
Painted walls at, [412].
Deities of, [413].
Jews of the captivity at, [415].
Building materials of, [420].
History of, [425].
Destruction of, [427].
Commerce of, [428].
Fabrics of, [431].
Inhabitants impaled by Darius, [295], note.
Common origin of inhabitants with Assyrians, [423].
Cupidity of their priests, [427].
Commerce and roads of, [428].
Corruption of, [432].
Cylinders and gems of, [488].
Badger, the Rev. Mr., his intercourse with the Nestorians, [347], note.
Baghdad, departure for, [373].
Entrance to, [380].
Description of, [381].
Departure from, [465].
Baiandour, Sultan, the tomb of, [31].
Bairam, Mussulman feast of, [330].
Bash-Kalah, castle of, [315].
Bavian, sculptures of, [173].
Inscriptions of, [177], [494].
Baz, district of, [353].
Beavers of the Khabour, [247].
Bedouins, customs of, with regard to captured horses, [184].
On seeing a stranger, [202].
Their women, [217].
Their bread, [239].
Their hospitality, [240].
Their food, ib.
Diseases amongst, [242].
Their Cadis, [253].
Lovemaking of, [262].
Laws of Dakheel, or protection, [263].
Their poetry, [265].
Their sagacity, [269].
Their horses, [272].
Their honesty, [470].
Belad, ancient district of, [99].
Belib, made king of Babylon, [118], [500].
Bells discovered at Nimroud, [151].
Analyses of copper of, [160].
Benjamin of Tudela, his description of Babylon, [402].
Of tomb of Ezekiel, [407].
Of tomb of Ezra, [407], note.
Account of captive Jews, [416].
Beth-Khumri, or Samaria, [494].
Bimerstein, Dr., [323], note.
Birs-Nimroud, the, [401].
Restoration of, [404].
Bishi country conquered by Sennacherib, [119].
Bitlis, town of, [38].
Bitumen pits fired, [168].
Used for cement, [422].
Blood-revenge among Bedouins, [253].
Boats of Afaij, [443].
Borsippa, the Birs Nimroud, [402].
Bowen, the Rev. Mr., [300], [319], [334].
Bowls of bronze from Nimroud, [153].
Earthenware with Hebrew inscriptions, [415].
Date of, [417].
Brant, Mr., [20].
Bread, Arab mode of baking, [239].
Unlawful to see among Afaij, [457].
Bricks, painted, at Khorsabad, [110].
Nimroud, [139].
Babylonian, [141], [405].
Bronzes, discovery of, [151].
Analysis of, [160].
Origin of, [161].
Buffalos of Arabs, [406].
Bukra, village of, [209].
Bulls, winged, transport of represented in bas-reliefs, [91], [99].
At gateway, [102].
In façade of Kouyunjik, [115].
At Arban, [228].
Burchardt, his account of the Bedouins, [199], note, [263].
Bustard, the, [205].
Hawking the, [386].
C.
Calah, ancient name of Nimroud, [294].
Caldrons, discovery, at Nimroud, [151].
Value of, among ancients, [152].
Represented in bas-relief, 588.
Camanus mountain. See [Kamana].
Camels of Nimroud, [36].
Abstinence from water, [215], note.
Represented in bas-reliefs, [476].
Canals of Babylonia, [478].
Canning, Sir S., [17].
Protects reformed Armenians, [333].
Captives in bas-reliefs, with feathers in their heads, [139].
With feathered head-dress, [192].
Captivity, Prince of the, [417].
The history of the Jews of the, [416].
Carchemish, [195], [236], [238].
Cavalry, Turkish irregular, [267].
Cavern, a natural, [255].
Artificial, at Wan, [328].
Cedar-wood brought by Assyrians from Lebanon, [297], [521].
Discovered at Nimroud, [297].
Employed in palaces, [527].
Centre Palace, Nimroud, builder of, [497].
State of, [534].
Chaldæans defeated by Sennacherib, [118].
Chariot, an Assyrian, [130].
Royal, [364].
Chark, a hawk used by Bedouins, [387].
Charms, Eastern, [418].
Chellek, village of, [48].
Cherubim of Jews compared with Assyrian figures, [519].
Chinese bottles discovered at Arban, [332].
Chesney, Col., expedition under, [381].
Cock, image of, on Babylonian gems, [432].
Commerce of Babylon, [432].
Coffins of earthenware at Arban, [234].
At Niffer, [449].
Of wood, at Babel, [408].
Colonies, Assyrian, [513].
Colors on bricks, [139].
Columns not found at Babylon, [423].
Used at Nineveh, [526].
Cooper, Mr., [16], [88].
Returns to England, [337].
Copper used in colors, [297].
Convent, a Nestorian, [311].
An Armenian, [339].
Corinthian capital, [194].
Cowley, Lord, protects the Armenians, [333].
Ctesiphon, ruin of, [460].
Tradition connected with, [461].
Cuneiform, progress in deciphering, [492].
Cuth, country of, [432], note.
Cylinders, of Sennacherib, [136].
Babylonian, [432].
Assyrian, [488].
Phœnician, [487].
Persian, [488].
Used as seals, [490].
Cyprus, Assyrian tablet found in, [499].
Cyrus, description of, [357].
Takes Babylon, [426].
D.
Dagon, represented in bas-reliefs, [284], [289].
Dakheel, the law of, among Bedouins, [263].
Dam, building up a, [385].
Dumlamajeh, spring of, [540].
Darius, cylinder of, [489].
Deloul. See [Dromedary].
Denarii found at Kouyunjik, [479].
Dereboun, village of, [52].
Dereh Beys, the, [22].
Dervish, a Persian, [32].
Desert, the, described, [204], [205], [250].

Divanubar, name of Assyrian king, [496].
Diz, district of, [349].
Dizza, town of, [313].
Dromedary, the, [196], note, [249], [278].
Ducks, in marble, &c. used as weights, [486], and note.
Dudjook tribes, [21].
Dujail, canal of, [465].
Dura, plain of, [376].
E.
Earring of gold from Kouyunjik, [482].
Moulds for casting, ib.
Eclipse, Eastern prejudice concerning, [444], and note.
Effendi, the, a Yezidi chief, [200].
Egypt, seal of king of, [134].
Bronzes of Egyptian character, [154], [156], [157].
Relics of, discovered at Kouyunjik, [482].
Conquered by Essarhaddon, [501].
Egyptians, mode of transport of great stones, [98].
Defeated by Sennacherib, [121].
Antiquities of, at Antioch, [295].
Weights used by, [487].
Elam, ancient name of, [124], [365].
Conquest of, [178], [292], [362], [473].
Elulæus, king of Tyre, mentioned in inscriptions, [121].
Ekron, name in inscriptions, [121].
Embossing on bronze vessels, [153].
Enamel, Assyrian, [165], [297].
Babylonian, [412].
Enoch, book of, [418].
Erzeroom, roads to city of, [17], [20].
Eski Baghdad, ruins of, [377].
Eski Mosul, ruins at, [278].
Essarhaddon, name of, [136].
Cylinder of, [286].
Name at Nebbi Yunus, [484].
His monuments, [501].
His palace at Nimroud, [532].
Essarhaddon’s son, his bas-reliefs, [362].
His name, [365].
His palace at Shereef-Khan, [484].
His monuments, [501].
Eulæus, river, [125].
Eunuch, represented in bas-relief, [364].
Euphrates, river, [27].
Represented in bas-reliefs, [359].
Banks of, deserted, [374].
Navigation of, [381].
State of, ib.
Changes in its course at Babylon, [399].
Evemerus, king of Parthia, sends Babylonians to Media, [427].
Evil Spirit, the, represented in bas-reliefs, [289].
Eyes in marble and enamel, [297].
Ezekiel, tomb of, [407].
Ezra, tomb of [407], note.
F.
Façade of Kouyunjik palace, [115].
Falcons. See [Hawking].
Faras, Sheikh of the Tai, [147].
Fawaz, a hawk, [224].
Fergusson, Mr., remarks on Assyrian cornice, [110].
Restoration of Assyrian palaces, [519], [520], [523], [526].
Ferhan, son of Sofuk, [276].
Ferry-boat at Mosul, [300].
Fish-god. See [Dagon].
Footstool of bronze discovered, [166].
Ford, the Rev. Mr., [198].
Fountain, an Assyrian, [180].
Funduk, village of, [49].
Futhliyah, village and mound of, [111].
Fynyk, rock sculptures at, [50].
G.
Galleys represented in bas-reliefs, [192].
Gate of Eastern cities, [52].
Of Nineveh, [101].

Of palace, [529].
None discovered at Nimroud, [535].
Gaza, name of, in inscriptions, [122].
Gazelle, hawking the, [387].
Ghazir river, the, [148], [303].
Gherdi, district of, [306].
Gherara, mound of, excavated, [383].
Glass bowls, [164].
Vase of Sargon, [164].
From Babel, [409].
From Kouyunjik, [480].
Gods, the twelve Assyrian, [291].
Table of, [504].
Gold inlaid in bronze, [165].
Laid over figures in temples, [529].
Gomel river, [173].
Greek art, resemblance to Assyrian, [369].
Remains at Kouyunjik, [480].
Greyhound, Persian, [47].
Guagamela, battle of, [173].
Gula Shailu lake, [28].
Guli, village of, [23].
Gunduk, Assyrian bas-reliefs at, [304].
Guzelder, village of, [43].
H.
Hadj, the, or caravan to Mecca, [433].
Hagarenes, conquered by Sennacherib, [119].
Hakkiari, pashalic of, [307].
Hall, great, in palace of Kouyunjik, [360].
Hamki, village of, [40].
Hangings of silk in Babylonian palace, [422].
At Nineveh, [529].
Hanging gardens, [194], [405].
Harisa, an Arab dish, [77].
Hartushi Kurds, [344].
Haroun, mound of, [440].
Hatem Tai, anecdote of, [146], note.
Hawking, [223], [248].
Falcons, [277].
Training, [387].
Hazael, king of Syria, mentioned in inscriptions, [494].
Hebar. See [Khabour].
Hercules, the Assyrian, [114], [179], [482], [484].
Herki, tribe of, [183].
Hermus, river, mentioned in inscriptions, [294].
Hezekiah, name of, in inscriptions, [121].
Wars of Sennacherib with, [122].
Hillah, arrival at, [391].
Governor of, [393].
Built of Babylonian bricks, [412].
Hincks, the Rev. Dr., translations of inscriptions, [99], [117], [177], [291].
Discovery of name of Sennacherib, [116].
Of Nebuchadnezzar, [116], note.
Of syllabarium, [286].
Discoveries, [492].
On Wan inscriptions, [327], [329].
Translation of inscription of Nebuchadnezzar, [422].
Hindiyah canal and marshes, [383], [401].
Hittites, the, name of Syrians, [120].
Tribute of, [293].
Name of, on Egyptian monuments, [505].
Horses, trappings of, [151].
Pedigrees of Bedouin, [184].
Bedouin, [215].
Turkish, [267].
Arab breeds, [272].
Represented in bas-reliefs, [282].
Clothed in armour, [363].
Howar, Sheikh of the Tai, [144], [183].
Hymer, the ruins of, [436].
I. J.
Idols of Assyrians carried away, [179].
Taken by Assyrians, [191], [474].
Jehesh, tribe of, [200].
Jehu, name of, on obelisk, [493].
Jelu, mountains of, [350].
Valley of, [350].
Ancient church in, [352].
Bishop of, [352].
Jerraiyah, mound of, [83].
Jews represented in bas-reliefs, [131], [367].
Dress of, [131].
Captives on the Hebar, [235], [359].
Families in Kurdistan, [308].
Nomades, [317].
Pilgrimage to Ezekiel’s tomb, [407].
Relics of, from Babylon, [414].
Their history after the captivity, [415].
Ancient political state of, compared with Assyria, [509].
Jiulamerik, town of, [346].
Illibi, a country conquered by Sennacherib, [120].
Impalement, [295].
India, overland road to, [375].
Intercourse of Babylonians with, [429].
Dogs of, brought to Babylon, [430].
Inclined way discovered, [370].
Inclosures of Nimroud and Kouyunjik, [514], [534].
Inlaying, art of, known to Assyrians, [164].
Inscriptions deciphered, [100].
Progress made in, [492].
Jones, Capt. Conduct towards Arabs, [455].
Jonah, tomb of, [482].
Excavations in mound of, [483].
His preaching, [507].
Jovian, retreat of, [377].
Iron, bronze cast over, [163].
Objects discovered in, [297], [482].
Judi mountain, ark rested on, [501].
Tablet at foot of, ib.
Jumjuma. See [Amran].
Ivory, objects in, discovered, [297].
K.
Kadesia, site of battle, [378].
Kalah-Sherghat, excavations at, [471].
Kamana, mountain of, mentioned in inscriptions, [296].
Kara-chok, hills of, [185].
Karagol, village of, [26].
Kar-Duniyas, a city of Chaldæa, [118], [178], [295].
Karboul Sheikh, [440].
Karnaineh Khan, [468].
Karnessa ou Daoleh mountain, [345].
Kasr, the, of Rich, [411]. See [Mujelibé].
Kathimain, tombs of, [379], [465].
Keshaf, mound of, [183].
Khabour river, [52], [56].
Journey to, [195].
Arrival at, [223].
Discoveries on, [234].
Ancient condition of country on, [235].
Course of, [256].
Sources of, [259].
Khan-i-resh, village of, [308].
Khan Mahmoud, a Kurdish chief, [323], [340].
Kharareh, subdued by Sennacherib, [119].
Kharkhar, a country conquered by Sennacherib, [120].
Khatouniyah, lake of, [270].
Khauser, the river, [71], [101], [177].
Khazana Kapousi, tablet at Wan, [326].
Khelath. See [Akhlat].
Kherimmi conquered by Sennacherib, [120].
Khoraif, a Bedouin, [197].
Khorkhor, name of gardens at Wan, [326].
Khorsabad, discoveries at, [109].
Builder of, [126].
Inclosure of, [449].
Kiamil Pasha, [71].
Kifil, tomb of Ezekiel, [407].
King, bas-relief of, at Nimroud, [290].
On bas-relief, [358].
Table of names, [502].
Kirikor, an Armenian monk, [338].
Kochers, or nomades, [184], [307].
Kormawor, inscription in church of, [335].
Kosh-ab, castle of, [317].
Kosli, village of, [25].
Koukab, volcanic hill of, [226], [255], [268].
Kouyunjik, discoveries at, [61], [69], [99], [118], &c.
General description of, [70].
Excavations renewed in, [85], [88].
Grand entrance discovered, [114].
Descending passage, [280].
Residence at, [301].
Extent of ruins excavated, [476].
Small objects from, [478], [481], [482].
Restoration of palace, [521], [527].
Inclosure and defences, [535].
Kurdistan, journey into, [305].
Dialects of, [309].
Chiefs of, [391].
Kurds, chief of, [49], [309].
Character of, [307].
Fanaticism, [310].
L.
Lachish, siege of, represented, [128].
Name of, on bas-reliefs, [130], [131], note.
Lak, mounds of, [109].
Lead found in ruins, [297].
Lebanon, cedar wood from, [101], [297].
Conquered by Sardanapalus, [299].
Ledjmiyat, encampment at, [248].
Lens of rock crystal, [164].
Levers used by Assyrians, [98].
Limestone in palace of Kouyunjik, [368].
Lions brought as tribute, [115].
Statue of at Arban, [231].
Found on the Khabour, [245].
Colossal statues, at Nimroud, [298].
Tame, at Hillah, [393].
Found in marshes of Babylonia, [456].
Mode of capturing, [456].
Bronze weights, [486], and note.
Lions (winged), removal of, [137], [167].
Sent to Baghdad, [170].
Colossal, discovered at Nimroud, [288].
Lion (headed) figure, [370].
Locusts represented in bas-reliefs, [281].
Loftus, Mr., discoveries at Wurka, [437].

M.
Mahmoudiyah valley and town of, [316].
Maidan Arabs, [456].
Makhoul hills, [468].
Makloub hills, [302].
Malan, Rev. Mr., [300].
Mar Shamoun, [352].
Mansouriyah, village of, [51].
Median Wall, [378], [467].
Marduk, a god of the Babylonians, [422].
Mecca, return of caravan from, [433].
Marshes represented in bas-reliefs, [475].
Of the Afaij, [443].
Of Southern Mesopotamia, [455].
Mar Shamoun, [346].
Mediterranean Sea mentioned in inscriptions, [296].
Meher-Kapousi, inscription of, [327].
Mehemet, Pasha of Wan, [320].
Melek Beniamen, [350].
Melek Taous of Yezidis, [46].
Menahem, discovery of name, [497].
Merodach Baladin, his name in inscriptions, [117], [124], [178].
War against, described by Eusebius, [500].
Meroe. See [Æthiopia].
Mesopotamia, ancient state of, [204], [296], [513].
Journey into Southern, [437].
Present state of, [454].
Metallurgy of Assyrians, [161].
Mirage, remarkable effect of, [461].
Mijwell, a Bedouin chief, [253].
Mirkan, village of, [208].
Milli Kurds, [257], [8].
Minuas, name of Armenian king, [327], [336].
Mirza Agha, a Yezidi chief, [44].
Mohammed Emin, Sheikh, [196], [227].
His tents, [223], [237], [276].
Mokhamour, ruins of, [185].
Monoliths at Nimroud, [291], [298].
Moses of Chorene, description of Wan, [322].
Mosul, arrival at, [54].
Motassem Billah, palace of, at Samarrah, [377].
Mousa Bey, a Kurdish chief, [309].
Moulds for earrings discovered, [482].
Mound, building represented, [96].
Moxoene. See [Mukus].
Montefik Arabs, [454].
Mujelibé, mound of, [390].
Discoveries in, [411].
Painted walls and basalt lion, [412].
Tree on, [413].
Mukus, pass into, [341].
District of, ib.
Musseiyib, village of, [385].
N.
Nabathæans, conquered by Sennacherib, [119].
Naghit, cities of, [124].
Nahiri. See [Mesopotamia].
Naharwan, canal, [377].
Nahr-el-Kelb, tablets of Sennacherib at, [176].
Nahum, tomb of, [483], note.
Narek, village and church of, [340].
Namet Agha, chief of Zibari, [306].
Names, Assyrian royal, [125].
Nasr, Sheikh, [75].
Navkur, plain of, [305].
Nazi, a Yezidi chief, [47].
Nazik, lake of, [28].
Nebbi Unus. See [Jonah].
Nebuchadnezzar, name of, [116], note.
His golden image at Dura, [376].
Bricks and stones bearing his name, [402], [410].
Rebuilt Babylon, [425].
Tablet of, [424].
Nedjd, road to, [279].
Present state of, [434].
Negoub, tablet from tunnel of, [497].
Nergal, an idol, [432].
Nerib, a city taken by Assyrians, [293].
Nestorian villages near Akra, [304].
Families in Gherdi, [309].
Bishop of Shemisden, [311].
Patriarch, [346].
Turkish oppression, [348].
A bishop, [352].
A church, ib.
Nimroud, return to, [85].
Discoveries at, [104].
Flood at, [287].
Small temples at, [288], [297].
Account of building of north-west palace in inscriptions, [293].
Restoration of platform, [530].
Niebuhr, remarks on Greek art, [369].
Niffer, first view of, [442].
Description of, [442].
Excavations at, [443].
Coffins discovered, [450].
Nimroud Dagh mountains, [36].
Nineveh, Roman coins of, [479].
Its founder, according to Rawlinson, [495].
Name of, on Egyptian monuments, [505].
Extent of, [513], [515].
Described by old English travellers, [539].
Ninos, castle of, on site of Nineveh, [478].
Noah, a temple to, [485], note.
Nur Ullah Bey, murderer of Schulz, [314].
Nuvaki, ancient name of Susiana or Elam, [292], [365].
O.
Oannes. See [Dagon].
Obelisk, from Nimroud, by whom raised, [493].
Name of Jehu on, ib.
Omri, name of, on inscriptions, [493].
Ooroomiyah, American schools at, [334].
Ormuzd, form of, [490].
Orontes, river mentioned in inscriptions, [295].
Oxus river, supposed to be mentioned in inscriptions, [498].
P.
Palace, at Nimroud built, [293].
Of Nebuchadnezzar, [422].
Assyrian mode of lighting, [524].
More than one story, [527].
Internal decorations, [528].
Parasang, its length, [55].
Patriarch, of Akhtamar, [338].
Bodies of Chaldæan patriarchs discovered, [233].
Pearls brought to Babylon, [430].
Pedestals discovered at Kouyunjik, [477].
Persia, frontiers of, [314].
Costume of ancient kings of, [358], [363].
A prince of, [384].
Conquest of Babylon, [426].
Relics of, at Kouyunjik, [485].
Persian Gulf navigated by Babylonians,

[429].
Cylinders, [489].
Houses compared with Assyrian, [525].
Phœnician seals, [138].
Letters on bronze, [159].
Workers in metal, [161].
Coast conquered by Assyrians, [192].
Tribute to Assyrian king, [295].
Trade with Babylon, [430].
Cylinders, [489].
Pine-apple in bas-reliefs, [281].
Plaster on walls of palaces, [421], [530].
Plough, Armenian, [314].
Poetry of Bedouins, [266].
Poole, Mr. Stuart, note on denarii, [479].
Pottery from Babylon, [409].
From Kouyunjik, [480].
Priest, Assyrian, sacrificing, [191].
Protestant religion, extension of, in Turkey, [331].
Propylæum at Khorsabad, [109].
Pul, monuments of, [498].
Pyramid at Nimroud, excavations in, [104].
Q.
Quarries of alabaster, [112].
Quintus Curtius, description of Persian king, [358].
R.
Rafts of skins, [194], [373].
Rassam, Mr. Hormuzd, [88].
Rathaiyah, the wife of Suttum, [219].
Rawlinson, Col., [87].
Sculptures purchased by, [110].
Discovery of annals of Sennacherib, [117];
of name of father of Sargon, [291].
Theory as to Babylon, [407].
Discoveries, [492], etc.
Records, chamber of, [286].
Of early Nimroud king, [298].
Nature of Assyrian, [511].
Rediff, meaning of term, [236].
Redwan, town of, [44].
Reshid Pasha, [20].
Rich, Mr., description of Babylon, [396], note.
Sketch of the Birs Nimroud, [404].
Discoveries at Babel, [408].
Rishwan, an Arab Sheikh, [214].
Roads, Turkish, [18].
Babylonian, [429].
Roman relics discovered at Kouyunjik, [479].
Ross, Dr., [380].
S.
Sabaco, seal of, [134].
Sabæan letters and dialect on Babylonian bowls, [417].
Sahiman, brother of Suttum, [215], [464].
Saladin, birthplace of, [374].
Samarrah, town of, [377].
Samaria, name in inscriptions, [498].
Sand hills, moving, [439].
Sandwith, Dr., [16], [337].
Sardanapalus, or Ashurakhbal, his tomb, [106].
Name read by Col. Rawlinson, [291].
His records, [290].
Builds a city on the Euphrates, [294].
Campaigns of, [294].
Small statue of, [299].
His records, [492], [494].
Sargon, name of, [127], and note.
Name on glass vase, [164].
His cotemporary at Wan, [329].
Monuments of, [498].
Sassanian ruins, [377].
Saulcy, M. de, investigations of, [492].
Saw of iron from Nimroud, [163].
Scarabs on bronzes, [164].
Egyptian, discovered at Arban, [233].
At Nineveh, [482].
Sceptre of ivory found at Nimroud, [164].
Schools, Armenian, at Wan, [331].
In Turkey, [332].
Schulz murdered, [314].
His account of Wan, [322].
Seals, Assyrian, discovered, [132].
Phœnician and Egyptian, [132].
Of king of Egypt, [134].
Importance of, in East, [490], note.
Seleucia, ruins of, [461].
Seleucus founded Seleucia, [427].
Seleucidæ, remains of period of, at Kouyunjik, [480].
Semiramis founded Wan, [321].
Sennacherib superintending transport of colossi, [95].
His annals discovered, [117].
Name of, [126].
His Signet, [135].
His sculptures at Bavian, [173].
His buildings at Shomamok, [186].
Name at Shereef-Khan, [484].
Date of accession, [494].
His monuments, [528].
Sert, river of, [38].
Seven Sleepers, the cave of, [173].
Shabbak, sect of, [181].
Shahan Bey, [22].
Shaheen, a falcon, [386].
Shammar, Gebel, present state of, [434].
Shalmaneser, name of, [127], and note.
Name on Monuments, [499].
Shat-el-Arab. See [Euphrates].
Shell, engraved, from Wurka, [453].
Shedadi, mound of, [247].
Sheikh-Adi, [72].
Ceremonies at, [74].
Sheikh Tahar, [310].
Shepherds’ Gate, tradition of, at Wan, [327].
Shereef-Khan, excavations at, [484].
Sharutinian, the, [295].
The Shairetana of the Egyptians, ib. note.
Shomamok, plain of, [146].
Excavations in, [186].
The Kasr, [187].
The Gla, [188].
Shushan, city of, represented, [366].
Name of, in inscriptions, [367].
Sidon, name of, in inscriptions, [120], [296].
Mariners of, employed by Sennacherib, [124].
Workers in metal of, [161].
Singara, coin of, [207].
See [Sinjar].
Suidones, [431].
Sinjar, the, [205], [207], [269].
Skins used for rafts, and to cross rivers, [373].
Snake-charmer, a, [212].
Sockets of gates of palace, [137].
Solomon, bronze vessels of, [161].
Jewish kingdom under, [510].
His buildings compared with Assyrian, [517].
Form of his house, [518].
Statue, an entire, discovered, [299].
Steamer, English, on Tigris, [381].
Stewart, Mr., Babylonian bowls from his collection, [414].
Storms, [201], [245], [301].
Studs, in mother of pearl and ivory, [151].
Subhan mountain, [316].
Suleiman Agha, visit to, [252], [257].
Summer, in Assyria, [301].
Summaichah, village of, [465].
Susiana, conquest of, [124].
Rivers of, [365].
See [Elam].

Susubira, king of Chaldæa, [124], [475].
Suttum, a Bedouin Sheikh, [196], [198], [202].
His mare, [213].
His encampment, [215].
Rathaiyah, his wife, [219].
Adla, his wife, [244].
His hawk, [249].
His honesty, [470].
His death, ib. note.
Syria, conquered by Sennacherib, [120].
Syriac characters on Babylonian bowl, [415].
T.
Tablets, set up by Sennacherib, [120].
At Bavian, [174].
At Nahr-el-Kelb, [176], note.
Of Assyrian Kings, [290].
At Wan, [322].
From Wurka, [453].
Tai, tribe of, attack on Nimroud, [142].
Visit to, [144].
Talent, the Babylonian, [486], and note.
Talmud, the, [416].
Tekrit, town of, [378], [468].
Tel Ermah, mound, [202].
Tel Kef, village of, [54].
Temple of Jerusalem, compared with Assyrian palaces, [518].
Tent, an Arab, [144], [216].
Thief, a Bedouin, [246].
Tracing, [269].
Throne, a, [128].
Discovery of, [165].
Tiglath Pileser, monuments of, [498].
His annals said to be discovered, [498].
Tigris, the river, [47], [200].
Changes in course of, [71], note.
Sources of Eastern branch, [344].
Head waters of, [344].
Description of banks of, [374].
Navigation of, [378].
Timour Mirza, [384].
Tin, mixed with bronze, [160].
Tkhoma, district of, [354].
Tokkari, conquered by Sennacherib, [124], [193].
Tombs, in the rock, [31].
At Bavian, [175].
Mussulman, 967.
At Wan, [322], [325].
At Kouyunjik, [480].
Tortures, represented, [367].
Tower at Nimroud discovered, [104].
Tomb in, [106].
Treasure chamber discovered, [150].
Trebizond, [19].
Tripod, stands of bronze, [151].
Trumpet speaking in bas-reliefs, [94].
Tulip, an Assyrian ornament, [155].
Turkey, reforms in, [22].
State of frontiers, [317].
Turks, destructive policy of, [145], [374], [381], [454].
Turtle, a, taken in the Khabour, [245].
Tyre, mariners of, employed by Sennacherib, [124].
Name of, in inscriptions, [296].
U. V.
Vault at Nimroud, [138].
Venus, the Assyrian, images of, [388].
Verhan-Shehr, [260].
Umjerjeh, encampment at, [260].
Volcano. See [Koukab].
W.
Wali Bey, a Turcoman chief, [147].
Walls represented, [193].
Of Kouyunjik, [539].
Walpole, Hon. F., [300].
Wan, first view of, [29], [316].
Jewish families taken there by Tigranes, [316].
Arrival at, [319].
History of, [322].
Inscriptions at, [325].
List of kings from monuments of, [327].
Language of inscriptions of, [329].
Weights, Assyrian, discovered at Nimroud, [486].
Well, a, at Kouyunjik, [66].
At Nimroud, [150].
Wine-strainer of bronze, [152].
Women, Arab, their dress, [217].
Of the Milli tribe, [260].
Singing, represented in bas-reliefs, [367].
Wothaiyah, [435].
Wurka, coffins discovered at, [451].
X.
Xenophon, retreat of the Ten Thousand, remarks on, [47], [50], [55], note, [188].
Description of Cyrus, [357].
Xerxes, inscription of, at Wan, [329].
Destroyed the temples of Babylon, [420].
Y.
Yavan, the Greek islands, [120].
Mariners of, employed by Sennacherib, [124].
Yedi Klissia, convent of, [335].
Cuneiform inscriptions at, [336].
Yusuf Cawal, [17], [40], [171].
Yezidis, state of, [17].
Reception by, [40], [42].
Bronze bird of, [46].
A meeting with, [53].
Sacred ceremonies of, [74].
A book of the, [80].
Customs of, [81].
A marriage, [171].
Of the Sinjar, [208].
Their houses, [209].
Their dress, [210].
On Persian frontiers, [317].
Z.
Zab river, [146], [183], [209], [345].
Zerga, plain of, [200].
Zibari Kurds, [307].
Chiefs of, [308].
Zibbliyah, ruin of, [459].
Zidkaha, king of Sidon, [121].
Zobeide, tomb of, [379].
Tribe of, [390].

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Footnotes:

[1] The most unobservant and hasty traveller in Turkey would soon become acquainted with this fact, could he read the modest and pious inscription, carved in relief on a small marble tablet of the purest white, adorning almost every half-ruined fountain at which he stops to refresh himself by the wayside.

[2] Anabasis, lib. iv. c. 5.

[3] The small building which sometimes covers a Mohammedan tomb is so called.

[4] Shah Armen, i. e., King of Armenia, was a title assumed by a dynasty, reigning at Akhlat, founded by Sokman Kothby, a slave of the Seljuk Prince, Kothbedin Ismail, who established an independent principality at Akhlat in A. D. 1100, which lasted eighty years.