A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Georges Perrot; Charles Chipiez

We received the admirable Guide to the Kuyundjik Gallery, published by the authorities of the British Museum, too late to make use of it for our work. It joins to an exhaustive account of the bas-reliefs of Sennacherib and Assurbanipal a description of the smaller objects contained in the glass cases of the same gallery. Many of these objects date from a very early period, and many were found in Chaldæa. Some of the more interesting texts are translated by Mr. Pinches; of others he gives a summary. The body of the work is preceded by an introduction giving such details of Assyrian history, religion and manners as are required by the general student. When a similar brochure is forthcoming for the Nimroud gallery—and the energy of the English officials is a guarantee that we shall not have to wait long for it—visitors to the museum will be in possession of all that is necessary to enable them to profit to the fullest extent by its superb collection.

INDEX.

Abd-al-Medjid, Sultan, ii. [39].
Abdul-Hamid, ii. [76].
Abou-Abba (or Sippara), i. [200].
Abou-Sharein, i. [157], [190], [262]; ii. [34].
Abraham, i. [15], [199].
Abydenus, i. [51];
spoken of by Eusebius, [57].
Abydos, on the Hellespont, ii. [220].
Accad, i. [14], [21], [59].
Acheron, i. [354].
Adar (Saturn?), i. [73].
Adrammelech, i. [103].
Agbatana, see [Ecbatana.]
Ahmes II., ii. [339].
Ahura-Mazda, i. [88].
Alabaster, found near Mossoul, i. [120];
its distribution, [121];
its constitution, [121];
its characteristics as a material for the sculptor, ii. [110].
Alabastron, ii. [301].
Alexander the Great, i. [54]; ii. [382].
Alexander Polyhistor, i. [51].
Allat, i. [83], [345].
Alphabet, invention of, i. [22].
Altaï, i. [21].
Altars, their characteristic forms, i. [236];
with battlements, [255];
circular, [256];
sarcophagus-shaped, [256].
Amanus, ii. [340].
Amber, its absence from Mesopotamian remains, ii. [362].
Amen, i. [78], [79].
Ament, the Assyrian, i. [345].
Amiaud, M., i. [361].
Amoor, i. [19].
Amphora, ii. [300].
Amraphel, i. [36].
Amulets, ii. [251].
Anabasis quoted, i. [361].
Anaïtis, see [Oannes].
Animals, grotesque and fantastic, in Assyrian Art, ii. [167–173];
on the seals, ii. [279].
Anthemius, i. [172].
Antioch, ii. [286].
Antiochus-Epiphanes, i. [33].
Aphrodite, ii. [398].
Apollonius of Tyana, i. [299].
Apsou (or Apason), i. [83].
Arade, ii. [265].
Aramaic, or Aramæan, came into common use with the second Chaldæan Empire, i. [18].
Aram-Naharaim, i. [3].
Arbeles, Arvil (or Ervil), i. [6]; ii. [48].
Arch, frequent use of, i. [132], [221];
invented in Chaldæa, [222];
at Mugheir, [222];
in the hanging gardens at Babylon, [223];
in Sargon’s gateways, [224];
in the sewers of the palaces, [227].
Archivolt, enamelled, at Khorsabad, i. [290].
Arioch, i. [36].
Aristophanes, ii. [397].
Aristotle, i. [71];
his Politics quoted in reference to the size of Babylon, ii. [56].
Arithmetic, Chaldæan, i. [68];
origin of the sexagesimal system, [68].
Armenia, annexed by Assyria, i. [7].
Arms, ii. [343].
Arrian, his Indian history, i. [57].
Artaxerxes Mnemon, i. [90].
Artists, their social position in Mesopotamia, ii. [394].
Aryans, said to compose part of the early Chaldæan population, i. [18].
Aryballos, ii. [306].
Asia Minor, ii. [172].
Ass, the wild, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. [150].
Asshur, the builder of Nineveh, i. [14].
Assur, i. [83];
the Assyrian god par excellence, [84];
fell with Nineveh, [88].
Assurbanipal, i. [36], [44];
receives the homage of Gyges, king of Lydia, [44];
his cruelty, [47];
patron of literature and the arts, [47];
his library, [47];
numerous remains of sculpture dating from his reign, ii. [236].
Assurbilkala, ii. [101], [203], [289].
Assuredilani, i. [51].
Assurnazirpal, i. [42];
his statue in the round, ii. [126].
Assyria, its true boundaries, i. [7];
its successive capitals, [7];
its size, [7];
consolidation of its supremacy, [41];
first A. empire, [41];
second A. empire, [41];
expeditions into Armenia, Cappadocia, and Syria, [41];
strictly a military monarchy, [96];
its régime, [103];
Assyrian monarchy, solidity of the succession, [103];
characteristics of the Assyrian race, [105];
cruelty of the Assyrian kings, [105–7];
luxury of do., [105–7];
constitution of the Assyrian nation, [111];
comparative insignificance of civilian element, [112].
Assyro-Chaldæan language, the, i. [53].
Astarte, i. [345].
Astragali, i. [206].
Astrology, i. [65];
the forerunner of real astronomy, [67].
Athenæum quoted, i. [317].
Aturia, a variant of Assyria, i. [6].
Auben (or Auben-Ra), ii. [120].
Augustus, ii. [382].

Baal worshipped in Judah and Israel as well as Tyre and Sidon, i. [16].
Baalazar, ii. [336].
Babel, i. [14], [53].
Bab-i-Houmaioun, ii. [72].
Babil, i. [130], [154];
its identity discussed, [384]; ii. [35].
Babooshes, i. [238].
Babylon, age of its premiership, i. [38];
more tenacious of life than Nineveh, [54];
etymology of the name, [86];
natural elements of its prosperity, [92];
superiority of its situation over that of Nineveh, [93];
an “eternal city,” ii. [53];
its defences, [53];
incomplete nature of the explorations that have been carried out on its site, [55];
its size discussed, [56–59];
the stone bridge, [57];
height of the walls, [63].
Bactriana, metals brought from, i. [125].
Bagdad, i. [40], [54].
Bahr-ul-nejef, ii. [176].
Bakhenkhonsou, ii. [394].
Balawat, gates of, i. [194];
steles figured on, [196];
standards figured on, [195];
their discovery by Mr. Rassam, [242]; ii. [51], [73], [118], [210].
Baldricks, how coloured in the reliefs, ii. [247].
Baruch quoted, ii. [89].
Bas-reliefs, defective methods of fixing them, i. [265].
Bassorah, i. [8], [38].
Battering-ram, used by the Assyrians, ii. [64].
Battlements, i. [248];
coloured ornament upon them, [254];
their effect against an Eastern sky, [254].
Bavian, carved rocks at, i. [263];
sculptures at, ii. [225];
description of the valley, [226].
Beards, their significance, ii. [136].
Beauchamp, de, his account of a room in the Kasr, i. [281].
Beharel, ii. [336].
Behistan, i. [88].
Bel, i. [78], [83];
supreme in Chaldæa, [86];
temple of, at Babylon, ii. [201].
Bell, artist, drowned at Bavian, ii. [230].
Bellino, cylinder of, ii. [61].
Bel-Merodach, his sepulchral chamber, i. [379].
Beltis (see [Istar]), i. [78].
Beni-Hassan, i. [208].
Benndorf quoted, i. [357].
Berosus quoted by Lenormant, i. [2];
quoted by Rawlinson, [4], [15];
his Medic dynasty, [36];
native Chaldæan dynasty, [36];
his “Arab Kings,” [41], [57], [64];
the decorations of the Temple of Bel, [287];
his account of the origin of things quoted, ii. [270].
Beyrout, ii. [231].
Birch, Dr., quoted, ii. [120], [306], [311];
his opinion on the ivories from Assyria, [320], [339].
Birs-Nimroud, i. [130];
its identity discussed, [384]; ii. [35].
Bit-Saggatou, i. [379].
Bitumen, its use as mortar, i. [155];
where found, [155];
used to attach glazed bricks to the surface of the walls, [285].
Black stone, Lord Aberdeen’s, i. [211].
Boaz, ii. [70].
Bœckh, ii. [397].
Borsip (or Borsippa), i. [38], [53].
Boscawen, ii. [232], [345].
Botta quoted, i. [157], [175];
his opinion as to the use of columns, [179], [244], [259];
glazed bricks, [294];
his opinion as to Assyrian use of colour, ii. [245].
Brandis, ii. [397].
Bréal, Michel, quoted, i. [32].
Brewster, Sir D., ii. [306], [308].
Bricks, process of manufacture of, i. [115];
system of construction in, [116];
made in Chaldæa at a very early period, [117];
their shape, [117];
their size, [117];
their inscriptions, [118];
convex-sided B. at Abou-Sharein, [118];
dangers of crude B. as a building material, [156];
always clothed in some other material in the palaces, [271];
quantity of enamelled B. to be found in Babylonia, [281];
enamelled B. of Assyria inferior to those of Chaldæa, [281];
glazed B. in the British Museum, [281];
enamelled B. found by George Smith at Nimroud, [293].
Bridge, at Babylon, ii. [57].
Bronze, its use in the palaces of the king of Babylon, according to Philostratus, i. [299].
Broussa, i. [289].
Balls, winged, ii. [81].
Battons, or walking-sticks, ii. [357].
Bracelets, ii. [356].
Bumados, ii. [225].
Buvariia, i. [156], [371].
Byblos, i. [56].

Cabul, ii. [374].
Caillou Michaux, the, i. [30]; ii. [4], [197–8].
Cairo compared to Babylon, ii. [59].
Calah, i. [14], [42];
to be identified with Nimroud, [314].
Callisthenes, i. [71].
Calneh, i. [14].
Campania, engraved bowls found there, ii. [339].
Candolle, A. de, ii. [399].
Canephoros found near Bagdad, ii. [116].
Capitals, i. [205].
Cappadocia, annexed by Assyria, i. [7]; ii. [236].
Carpets, probable identity of the patterns on modern Kurdish carpets with those made in antiquity, i. [289]; ii. [293].
Cartoons, used by the designers of the glazed brick decorations, i. [285].
Caucasus, metals brought from the, i. [125].
Causeways, paved, ii. [74].
Cavaniol, H., quoted, i. [151].
Cedars from Lebanon, used by Assyria, i. [123].
Cemeteries, drainage of the C. in Lower Chaldæa, i. [341];
their contents, [342].
Ceramics, etymology of the word, i. [115].
Chabouillet, his Catalogue des Camées quoted, ii. [90].
Chafing-dishes, ii. [323].
Chaldæa, primitive civilisation, i. [1];
its size, [7];
ethnic elements of primitive C., [16];
its early population, [17–21];
second C. empire, [52];
sudden storms, [74];
archaic period of its art, ii. [187];
its classic age, [192].
Chaldæan religion, i. [55];
more obscure than that of Egypt, [55];
its derivation from fetishism, [59];
origin of the composite forms of gods, [60];
astronomy compared with that of Egypt, [72];
origin of its idols, [76];
difficulty of establishing a Mesopotamian pantheon, [78];
the composite figures of Egypt and Mesopotamia compared, [79];
anthropomorphism of the Chaldæans franker then than that of the Egyptians, [80];
premiership of successive gods, [84].
Chaldæans (the priestly sect), described by Diodorus, i. [90];
their archimagus, [91].
Chalybes, ii. [312].
Chamanism, i. [59].
Chariots, war-, ii. [74];
their construction, [75].
Chariot-poles, ii. [344].
Chastity, sacrifice of, at Babylon, i. [89].
Chatra (or shatra), ii. [174].
Chedorlaomer, i. [36].
Chedornakhounta, i. [36].
China, its civilisation compared with those of Egypt and Chaldæa, ii. [378–380].
Chipiez quoted, i. [220].
Chronology, Chaldæan and Assyrian, i. [36–41].
Choisy, Aug., quoted, i. [172].
Chosroes, i. [171], [185].
Cicero quoted, i. [66], [71].
Cimmerians, i. [44].
Clermont-Ganneau quoted, i. [348]; ii. [342].
Cloaca Maxima, i. [233].
Cloisonné shapes, ii. [202].
Coffered ceilings, i. [294–304].
Coffins, from Warka and Niffer, ii. [306].
Colour, the use of, in decoration, i. [272];
the use of in the human figures in the reliefs, i. [277].
Columns, their restricted use, i. [132];
their rarity due to want of stone, [200];
their occurrence in the Sippara tablet, [202];
sheathed in bronze, [205];
bases, [214–217];
figured upon gems, ivories, and bronzes, [220].
Commerce, ii. [372].
Composite forms of Assyro-Chaldæan gods, i. [63].
Cones, coloured, used for wall-decoration in Chaldæa, i. [279];
bronze, at Tello, [318];
superseded cylinders as seals, ii. [276].
Confucius, ii. [378].
Corneto, i. [180].
Corundum, ii. [260].
Costume, Chaldæo-Assyrian, ii. [94].
Courban-Bairam, feast of, ii. [38].
Courtyards, at Khorsabad, ii. [16], [29].
Cow, the, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. [143].
Creil, ii. [381].
Crenellations, i. [248];
Place’s theory of their origin, [252];
note by editor, [253];
coloured ornament upon them, [254].
Crete, ii. [51].
Crux Ansata, ii. [120].
Crystals, used for decorating furniture, ii. [323].
Ctesias, i. [52];
speaks of the Χαλδαίοι, [90];
his account of the walls of Babylon, [282];
his statements as to the size of Babylon, ii. [59];
his statements as to the size of Nineveh, [59];
on the bronze figures of the gods, [202];
his description of the figures on the walls of Babylon, [296].
Ctesiphon, i. [54];
never seems to have been a seat of learning, [57], [93], [223].
Cunaxa, i. [113].
Cuneiform characters, i. [14].
Cush, i. [14].
Cutha, ii. [57].
Cyaxares, i. [50].
Cybele, ii. [398].
Cylinder, commemorative, its discovery at the Birs-Nimroud by Sir H. Rawlinson, i. [317];
the Phillips C., [317].
Cylinders (seals), i. [56];
their universal use in Babylonia, ii. [251];
collections of, in our Museums, [251];
method of mounting, [255];
of carrying, [256];
their supercession by cones, [276];
rarity of metal cylinders, [280].
Cypriots, their indebtedness to Babylonia for their written characters, i. [32].
Cyprus, engraved bowls found there, ii. [339].
Cyrus, i. [54].