- Dado, coloured, at Khorsabad, i. [273].
- Dagon, see [Oannes].
- Daily Telegraph, the, its subsidies to Mr. George Smith’s exploration, ii. [7].
- Damascening, ii. [345].
- Damascius, i. [58], [83].
- Damascus, ii. [231].
- Darius, ii. [201], [275].
- Decoration, i. [260];
- the colours of the painted D., [272];
- motives of the coloured D., [274];
- colours used at Babylon, [283];
- cuneiform characters used decoratively, [284];
- use of animal forms in D., [307].
- Deecke quoted, i. [32].
- Delaporte, bricks brought to Europe by, i. [284].
- Deuteronomy quoted, i. [151].
- Diamond dust, its use by gem engravers, ii. [260].
- Diarbekir, ii. [203].
- Diodorus, i. [5], [120];
- his vague statements as to height of Babylonian temples, [129];
- statement as to destruction of the temple of Bel, [137];
- his description of the palaces of Semiramis quoted, ii. [34];
- λίθιναι δοκοί, [35];
- his statements as to the size of Babylon, [55];
- his statement, after Ctesias, as to the size of Nineveh, [60];
- his mention of the statue of Bel, ii. [202].
- Dionysius Periegetes quoted, i. [299].
- Diorite, used by the Chaldæan sculptors, i. [141];
- statues from Tello, ii. [175];
- fragments found at Tello, [190].
- Dioscorides (or Dioscurides), ii. [263].
- Disk, the winged, its significance, i. [87].
- Dog, the, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. [143].
- Dolerite, ii. [175].
- Domes, see [Vaults].
- Domestic architecture, ii. [51].
- Doors, their forms, i. [236].
- Doorways, importance of, i. [244].
- Dour-Saryoukin (or Khorsabad), i. [43], [227];
- plan of, [313].
- Dowels, metal, used to fix the carved slabs, i. [265].
- Drainage, system of, in palaces, i. [227].
- Drainpipes in the Chaldæan mounds, i. [158].
- Drapery, its effect upon Assyrian sculpture, ii. [286].
- Dromedary, the, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. [152].
- Dumouzi, i. [83].
- Dungi, ii. [259], [266].
E
- Earrings, how coloured in the reliefs, ii. [247], [354];
- in the form of nude children, ii. [362].
- Ecbatana, i. [52];
- the colours of its walls, [273].
- Ekimmou, i. [345].
- Elam, i. [35].
- Ellasar, i. [36], [39].
- Elselah, ii. [336].
- Embroidery, on the robe of Assurnazirpal, i. [307];
- use of animal forms in, [308]; ii. [364].
- Ephron the Hittite, ii. [70].
- Epigenes, i. [71].
- Epithets given to the gods, i. [347].
- Erech, i. [14], [24]; ii. [265].
- Esarhaddon, i. [44], [103]; ii. [8];
- unfinished state of his palace at Nimroud, [8], [40];
- his image in the pass of the Lycos, [231];
- rarity of sculptures dating from his reign, [236].
- “E-schakil,” i. [261].
- Esther quoted, ii. [71].
- Etana, i. [346].
- Etruria, engraved bowls found there, ii. [339].
- Euphrates, its inundations, i. [9].
- Eusebius, i. [51], [57].
- Ezekiel quoted, i. [286]; ii. [372], [374].
F
- Fergusson, James, defects of his restorations, i. [277].
- Finnish compared to the language of early Chaldæa, i. [19].
- Firouz-Abad, i. [169].
- Flandin, Eugène, his opinion on the roofing question, i. [163];
- his opinion as to the polychromy of the Assyrians, ii. [245].
- Fly-flappers, ii. [203];
- how coloured in the reliefs, [247].
- Forks, ii. [351].
- Foundation ceremonies, i. [311].
- Fountains, at Bavian, ii. [229];
- in Asia Minor, their decoration, i. [262].
- Fox-Talbot quoted, ii. [159].
- Fresnel, ii. [58].
- Frieze, of enamelled brick at Khorsabad, i. [283].
- Fringes, how represented and coloured, ii. [247].
- of the Parthenon, ii. [104].
- Furniture, ii. [313];
- its magnificence in Assyria, [313];
- thrones, [314];
- decorative motives, [314–324];
- Ivory ornament used upon it, [319];
- remains from Van, [319].
- Fustel de Coulanges quoted, i. [345].
G
- Gailhabaud, i. [180].
- Gates, discovered at Nineveh by Layard, ii. [62];
- at Khorsabad by Place, [62];
- discovery of the Balawat gates by Mr. Rassam, i. [242];
- gates at Khorsabad described, ii. [65–72];
- use of gates in the East, [69].
- Gems, ii. [251];
- engraving upon oyster shells and other comparatively soft materials, [258];
- cylinders, [251–280].
- Genesis quoted, i. [14], [15], [117], [155], [199]; ii. [70].
- Ghazir, ii. [225].
- Ghunduk, ii. [232].
- Glass, the earliest known example of transparent glass, ii. [306];
- its early use in Mesopotamia, [306].
- Globe, the winged, its significance, i. [87].
- Glyptic art, ii. [251–280].
- Gobineau, de, ii. [253].
- Gold, i. [299];
- used for decorating domes, [379].
- Gomel, ii. [225].
- Goun-goun, i. [39].
- Graphic processes, i. [327];
- plan from Tello, [327];
- disproportion between figures and buildings, [333].
- Greeks, the, as travellers and observers, i. [56].
- Gudea, bronzes inscribed with his name, ii. [116], [180], [188].
- Guillaume, E., quoted, ii. [128].
- Guyard, Stanislas, his agreements with M. Halévy on the origin of the Chaldæans, i. [19].
- Gyges, king of Lydia, his homage to Assurbanipal, i. [44].
H
- Hades, the Assyrian, i. [345].
- Halévy, J., his disbelief in Turanian element in primitive Chaldæa, i. [19];
- quoted, [21];
- his dissent from the reading Gudea or Goudea, [328];
- translation of a text relating to a posthumous life, [344].
- Haldia, i. [394].
- Ham, i. [15].
- Hama, i. [349].
- Haman, i. [131]; ii. [71].
- Hammourabi, i. [35];
- contracts from the time of, ii. [277].
- Hands, treatment of, in Chaldæan statues, ii. [183].
- Hanging gardens, the, at Babylon, i. [223]; ii. [30];
- their position, [35].
- Harem, at Khorsabad, ii. [20].
- Harness, how ornamented, ii. [357].
- Hathor, i. [78].
- Havet, M. Ernest, i. [15].
- Hea-bani, ii. [86], [263], [269].
- Hedjra, ii. [176].
- Helbig, ii. [302].
- Heliopolis, i. [56].
- Hematite, ii. [252].
- Hera, i. [374].
- Herat, ii. [374].
- Herodotus, considers Babylonia a mere district of Assyria, i. [5];
- quoted, [8], [9], [12];
- his Ἀσσύριοι λόγοι, [50], [120];
- the vagueness of his statement as to the height of the temple of Bel, [129], [155];
- the ramparts of Ecbatana, [273];
- his scanty allusions to burial in Mesopotamia, [340];
- his reference to Nineveh, ii. [59];
- his statement as to the height of the walls of Babylon, [63];
- and as to their width, [64];
- quoted, [94];
- his description of the temple of Bel or Belus, [201];
- quoted, [257].
- Hesiod, ii. [397].
- Heuzey quoted, i. [63]; ii. [177], [184].
- Hierapolis, i. [56].
- Hillah, i. [27], [38];
- mentioned by George Smith, [153]; ii. [195].
- Hinges, bronze, i. [243].
- Hipparchus, ii. [398].
- Hisr-Sargon (or Dour-Saryoukin), see [Khorsabad].
- Hit, i. [4].
- Hoefer, Ferd., quoted, ii. [5].
- Hoffmann quoted, i. [337].
- Horse, the, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. [149].
- Horus, i. [78].
- Household, arrangement of the royal H. in Assyria, i. [96].
- Humboldt quoted by Rawlinson, i. [3].
- Hyksos, ii. [378].
- Hypogea, at Bavian, ii. [227].
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