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

Nabonassar, i. [71].
Nabopolassar, i. [50], [92];
his restoration of Babylon, [134]; ii. [200].
Nabou, i. [83].
Nabounid, his discovery of the angle stone of the temple of Ulbar, i. [315]; ii. [58].
Nahar-Hammourabi, i. [40].
Nahar-Malcha, i. [40].
Nahr-el-Kelb, ii. [231].
Nahum quoted, i. [51]; ii. [313], [372].
Nana, i. [83].
Nebbi-Younas, i. [7], [47];
palace built by Assurbanipal still hidden there, [48]; ii. [44].
Nebo (Mercury?) i. [73];
description of his statues, [80];
his place of repose decorated by Nebuchadnezzar, [299];
statue, ii. [126];
statue of, from the time of Vulush III., [217].
Nebuchadnezzar, i. [27], [35];
comparison with Rameses II., [53]; ii. [200].
Necklaces, ii. [355].
Ner, i. [346].
Nergal (Mars?), i. [73], [345].
Nestorians, i. [140].
Nicæa, i. [289].
Niebuhr quoted, i. [157];
his opinion as to the possibilities of Assyrian exploration quoted, ii. [4].
Niffer, ii. [306].
Nimrod, his genealogy, i. [15], [17]; ii. [269].
Nimroud, i. [7];
to be identified with Calah, [314];
general arrangement of buildings at, [314];
its first exploration by Layard, ii. [5];
arrangement of buildings at, [39];
the central palace, [40];
upper chambers found by Layard, [43];
probably distinct from Nineveh, [60].
Nineveh, its Greek name, i. [7];
changes in historical theory brought about by its exploration, [34];
its destruction, [50];
difficulty of ascertaining the relative ages of the ruins, ii. [36];
its size discussed, [59];
Layard’s opinion as to its size, [61];
a town gate discovered by Layard, [62].
Ninus, i. [7], [33];
represented on the walls of Babylon according to Ctesias, [283];
buried within the palace at Babylon (Diodorus), [361];
extravagant statements of Diodorus as to the size and height of his tomb, [362]; ii. [218].
Nipour (or Niffer), i. [38].
Nisroch, i. [78].
Nitocris, ii. [218].
Nœldeke, Th., quoted, i. [34]; ii. [61].
Norris, Edwin, quoted, i. [22].
Noushirwan, i. [185].
Nude, the, in Chaldæo-Assyrian sculpture, ii. [92];
the absence of nude figures from the reliefs, [98].

Oannes, i. [1], [36], [64], [83];
on Péretié’s plaque, [352]; ii. [261], [266].
Obelisks, unsuitableness of the name, i. [257];
their forms, i. [236];
of Shalmaneser II., [258].
Observatory, the Khorsabad, i. [247], [374];
described, [386];
the colours of its stages, [386];
their number, [386];
its awkward position, [391];
suggested use (note by editor), [391].
Oppert, his ethnical theories, i. [19];
quoted, [21], [22], [28], [30], [119];
his estimate of height of temple of Bel, [130], [201];
his mention of colours used on buildings, [280];
decorative painting in Babylonia, [284].
Orders, the, their practical absence from Mesopotamian architecture, i. [132].
Orientation of buildings, i. [311].
Osiris, i. [78], [79].
Ourbaou, ii. [180].
Ourdeys, ii. [73].
Ourkam, i. [35];
the Menes of Chaldæa, [38]; ii. [259], [266].
Oysters, carvings upon their shells, ii. [118].

Painting, ii. [292];
pigments used, [294].
Palette of the Mesopotamian decorator, i. [283].
Pallacopas, Lake, i. [53].
Palm-bark, represented by Ninevite sculptors, i. [202].
Palmyra, i. [349]; ii. [374].
Pamir, i. [21].
Paradise (or Park), ii. [51].
Parasol, ii. [203].
Parthians, succeeded by the Sassanids, i. [57].
Paving, three systems of, i. [238].
Pediment, i. [394].
Péretié, his bronze plaque, i. [349].
Percy, Dr., ii. [312].
Pergamus, ii. [286].
Pericles, ii. [382].
Περὶ φύσεως, the Greek philosophic poems of the sixth century, ii. [397].
Perrot and Chipiez, Art in Ancient Egypt quoted, i. [13], [23], [61], [86], [208], [213], [222], [234], [246], [248], [268], [322]; ii. [131–135].
Persepolis, i. [88].
Phidias, i. [58]; ii. [286].
Philostratus quoted, i. [299], [379].
Phœnicia, ii. [172].
Phœnicians, their invention of the alphabet, i. [23].
Pictography, i. [31].
Piers, their restricted use, i. [132].
Pigments, ii. [294].
Pilasters, i. [216].
Pinches, T. G., i. [195];
quoted, ii. [213].
Pivots (door-pivots), i. [240].
Place, Victor, quoted, i. [116], [118], [138];
his discovery of a cedar beam at Khorsabad, [140], [148];
his opinion on the roofing question, [163];
statement as to the timber found in the excavations, [164];
his discovery of fragmentary vaulted ceilings among the ruins, [165], [173], [183], [186–189], [191], [192], [202], [208], [224], [243], [248], [266];
loss of his collections in the Tigris, [285];
on the plan of Sargon’s palace at Khorsabad, ii. [32];
his description of the French consulate at Mossoul, ii. [71];
his opinion as to the use of colour in Assyrian architecture, [246].
Planisphere, fragments found at Kouyundjik, i. [72].
Plans, peculiarities of Mesopotamian, i. [328].
Plato, ii. [397].
Plautus, ii. [364].
Plinth, painted black at Khorsabad, i. [272], [291].
Pliny, quoted by Rawlinson, i. [4];
calls the whole of Mesopotamia Assyria, [5], [71];
quoted, ii. [364].
Plutarch (pseudo), treatise on Isis and Osiris, i. [58].
Polychromy, ii. [243];
traces of colour still perceptible on the sculptures in the Louvre and the British Museum, [248];
“natural polychromy,” [249].
Polydemonism, i. [62].
Polytheism, a development from the worship of stars and planets, i. [75].
Pompeii, i. [139].
Pongnon, ii. [61], [226].
Population, elements of the P. in Mesopotamia, i. [13].
Porches, i. [218].
Porphyrius, i. [71].
Portes ornées, Khorsabad, i. [217], [227].
Pottery, ii. [298].
Praxiteles, i. [58]; ii. [286].
Prisse d’Avennes quoted, i. [305].
Proportions of early Assyrian figures, ii. [203].
Prostitutions, religious, at Babylon, i. [89], [377].
Ptah, i. [78], [79].
Ptolemy, quoted by Rawlinson, i. [4];
his astronomical canon, i. [71].
Pyrgoteles, ii. [263].

Racine, ii. [71].
Raman, i. [75]; ii. [89].
Rassam, H., his discovery of a metal threshold at Borsippa, i. [241], [256];
his explorations under Sir H. Rawlinson’s surveillance, ii. [7];
excavations at Kouyundjik, [48], [118].
Rawlinson, Prof., his description of the physical characteristics of Chaldæa, i. [2], [47], [71], [80], [211], [277];
quoted, ii. [1];
quoted in connection with Semiramis, and her possible identification with Sammouramit, [218];
on the question of polychromy, [247].
Rawlinson, Sir Henry, quoted, i. [22], [156];
his explorations, ii. [7].
Rehoboth, i. [14].
Rennell, his Herodotus quoted, i. [281].
Repoussé work, ii. [116].
Resen, i. [14], [122].
Rhea, i. [374].
Rhind, H., i. [279].
Rhodes, ii. [286].
Rich, his observations, on the construction of vaults by the native builders of Mesopotamia, i. [167], [261];
colours used in decoration, [280].
Roads, for military purposes, ii. [74];
used by Mesopotamian commerce, [374].
Rollin, i. [33].
Rome, ii. [286].
Roofs, discussion as to how Mesopotamian buildings were roofed, i. [160].
Ross, his geological explorations, i. [4], n².
Rouet, M., ii. [225].
Ruelle, Ch. E., i. [58].
Ruth quoted, ii. [70].

Sacred tree, i. [212].
Sacrifices, human, asserted allusions to them on the cylinders, ii. [268].
Sagaraktyas, i. [315].
Saïd-Hassan, ii. [174].
Samarah, i. [3].
Samas, i. [83];
tablet of Sippara, [200]; ii. [90], [193], [266].
Samas-Vul II., stele of, ii. [209], [354].
Sammouramit (? Semiramis), ii. [217].
Samsibin, i. [39].
Sandals, in the reliefs, ii. [247].
Sarbistan, i. [169], [186].
Sardanapalus, i. [43];
the Greek myth, [52], [187]; ii. [59].
Sargon, i. [43], [105];
stele of, found near Larnaca, ii. [219].
Saryoukin, see [Sargon].
Sarzec, M. de, his discoveries at Tello, i. [24], [279];
quoted, [382]; ii. [33], [141].
Sassanids, successors of the Parthians, i. [57].
Sayce, A. H., quoted, i. [33], [69]; ii. [263], [346].
Scabbard, ii. [164], [345].
Sceptres, how coloured in the reliefs, ii. [247].
Schenafieh, ii. [176].
Schlumberger, G., his fragments of the Balawat gates, i. [242]; ii. [213].
Schulze, ii. [232].
Screw of Archimedes, its asserted use at Babylon, ii. [31].
Sculpture, absence of women from the reliefs, i. [111];
practically confined to war and hunting, [111];
its principal themes, ii. [78];
its fondness for fantastic animals, [79];
treatment of the nude, [92];
the absence of nude figures from the reliefs, [98];
documentary character of Assyrian sculpture, [101];
epic or newspaper? [103];
want of variety in the composition of the reliefs, [104];
its appearance of improvisation, [104];
materials used, [109];
use of clay, [113];
terra-cotta statuettes, [114];
its principal conventions, [125];
statue of Nebo, [126];
of Assurnazirpal, [126];
the principles of the bas-reliefs, [128];
peculiarities of Assyrian statues and figures in relief, [130];
the Assyrian type, [135];
are the Assyrian statues Iconic? [138];
representations of animals, [142];
proportions of early Assyrian figures, [203];
its power of selection, [207];
in the reign of Sargon, [219];
picturesque details introduced in the time of Sennacherib, [223];
Egyptian and Assyrian contrasted, [281];
do. [385].
Scythians, their invasion of Western Asia, i. [49].
Seal, in universal use in Babylonia, ii. [251].
Seistan, i. [2].
Sekhet, i. [78].
Seleucia, i. [54], [93], [223].
Seleucidæ, i. [5], [157].
Seleucus Nicator, i. [54].
Seljukian period, carved lions from, i. [262].
Semi-domes, i. [173].
Semiramis, i. [33];
represented on the walls of Babylon according to Ctesias, [283], [361];
her palaces, ii. [34], [217].
Semnat, ii. [394].
Senkereh (or Larsam), i. [38].
Sennacherib, i. [43];
his death, [103], [105];
state of sculpture during his reign, ii. [223];
his appearance in the Bavian sculptures, ii. [229].
Seraglio, at Khorsabad, ii. [16].
Serdabs, i. [139], [383].
Sesostris, i. [33].
Seti, ii. [395].
Sewers, system of, in palaces, i. [227].
Sexagesimal system, the, of the Babylonians, ii. [398].
Shah-Nameh, the, i. [20].
Shalmaneser II., i. [43], [105];
the gates made for him, [242]; ii. [40];
his obelisk, ii. [110].
Sharezer, i. [103].
Shat-el-Arab, i. [7].
Shat-el-Hai, ii. [174].
Shem, i. [15].
Shield, votive, from Lake Van, ii. [347].
Shinar, i. [14], [18].
Sidon, i. [16].
Silius Italicus, ii. [364].
Sills, i. [239].
Silver, i. [299].
Simplicius, his statement as to Babylonian astronomy, i. [71].
Sin, Assyrian god, i. [201].
Sinjar, i. [178]; ii. [110].
Sippara, i. [38], [53], [200]; ii. [90].
Sirtella, see [Tello].
Sittacenia, i. [177].
Smith, George, quoted, i. [36];
his recognition of the true characters of the Cypriot alphabet, [44];
translator of texts from Assurbanipal’s library, [48], [71];
his discovery of limestone bases in the palace of Assurbanipal, [220], [237], [276];
enamelled brick found by him at Nimroud, [293];
his discovery of an account of Istar’s descent into limbo, [344];
his explorations, ii. [7];
résumé of the monumental history of Calah (Nimroud), [37];
his description of the site of Arbela, [48];
his discovery of a small model bull at Nimroud, [115].
Sockets, granite, &c., for the door-pivots, i. [242];
from Balawat, [243].
Sodom, i. [199].
Soldi, E., ii. [253];
his description of the process of gem engraving quoted, [259].
Somalis, ii. [373].
Sorcery, Chaldæan belief in, i. [65].
Soury, ii. [397].
Spoons, metal, ii. [351].
Staged-towers, difficulty of restoring them accurately, i. [364];
their monotonous appearance, [366];
their resemblance to a stepped pyramid, [366];
description of temple of Bel by Herodotus, [366];
their various types restored, [370–382];
their ruins discussed, [382–391].
Staircases, i. [189–192].
Steatite, ii. [190].
Steles, their characteristic forms, i. [236];
fluted S. with palmette, [258];
rock-cut S. at Kouyundjik, [259].
Stone, no dressed S. to be found at Babylon, i. [120];
bridge at B. said to have been built of stone, [120].
Strabo, quoted by Rawlinson, i. [4];
carries western frontier of Assyria up to Syria, [5], [54];
height of temple of Bel, [130];
ruined state of the temple in his time, [137];
his statement as to the prevalence of vaults in Babylon, [169], [176]; ii. [251].
Stylus, for cutting the wedges, i. [28].
Styx, i. [354].
Sully-Prudhomme, his lines to the Venus of Milo quoted, ii. [249].
Sumer, i. [21], [59].
Sumerian system, the, i. [29].
Surface decoration in Chaldæa, i. [245].
Susa, date of its capture by Assurbanipal, i. [36], [52];
its palace intrigues, [96].
Susiana, i. [17].
Sybel, L. von, ii. [285].
Syene, i. [94].
Syllabaries, Assyrian, i. [23].
Syncellus, Georgius, i. [51].
Syria, ii. [172].
Syriac, the dominant language in the early centuries of our era, i. [18].