- Tablets of gold, silver, antimony, copper, and lead, found at Khorsabad, i. [319].
- Tacitus, i. [5].
- Tadmor, see [Palmyra].
- Takht-i-Khosro, i. [170], [185].
- Tammouz, i. [344].
- Tardieu, Amédée, i. [177].
- Tartan, or Grand Vizer, i. [96].
- Tauthé, i. [83].
- Taylor, J. E., quoted, i. [39], [118], [155];
- his explorations of the mounds near the Persian Gulf, [158], [200], [222], [279], [281];
- his explorations at Abou-Sharein, [371]; ii. [256].
- Teheran, i. [289].
- Tell-Amran (or, Tell-Amran-ibn-Ali), ii. [35].
- Tello, i. [24], [279], [312];
- angle-stones and foundation talismans found at T., i. [316], [383]; ii. [33], [163];
- the discoveries made by M. de Sarzec described, [174];
- subjects of the reliefs, [177].
- Temenos, i. [128].
- Temple, subordinate types of, i. [391–6].
- (see also [Staged towers]).
- Tents, their forms, i. [175].
- Teradas, i. [10].
- Terah, i. [15].
- Terra-cotta statuettes, early Chaldæan, ii. [195].
- Tête-de-pont, on the Balawat gates, ii. [214].
- Texier quoted, i. [122];
- description of the great mosque at Ispahan, [287].
- Textiles, ii. [363].
- Thapsacus, ii. [374].
- Thebes, i. [56].
- Thomas, Felix, his opinion on the roofing question, i. [163], [224].
- Thothmes III., ii. [284].
- Thresholds, i. [239];
- sometimes of metal, [241].
- Thunderbolt, origin of the classic form of, i. [75].
- Tidjaris, ii. [312].
- Tiele, his Manuel des Religions quoted, i. [60], [86], [89].
- Tiglath-Pileser I., i. [39]; ii. [203].
- Tiglath-Pileser II., i. [43]; ii. [101], [218].
- Tigris, its inundations, i. [9].
- Tiles, glazed; the manufacture not extinct in India (note by editor), i. [287];
- with central boss, [294].
- Toilet, articles of, ii. [349].
- Tomb, comparison between the Egyptian and Mesopotamian T., i. [336];
- absence of funerary inscriptions, [336];
- no Assyrian tombs yet discovered, [336];
- conjectures as to how the Assyrians disposed of their dead, [337];
- Loftus’s explanation perhaps the best, [338];
- the principle of the Chaldæan tomb similar to that of the Mastaba, [355];
- its shape, [356–360];
- its situation, [360–364].
- Transliteration, difficulties of, i. [17].
- Trees, how indicated in the reliefs, ii. [207], [223].
- Tree of Life, i. [212].
- Tripods, ii. [323].
- Tunica talaria, ii. [94].
- Turanians, said to form part of the early population of Chaldæa, i. [19];
- etymology of the word, [20], [22].
- Turkish compared to the tongue of early Chaldæa, i. [19].
- Turks, their bad administration, i. [11].
- Tyre, i. [16].
U
- Ulbar, temple of, its angle-stone, i. [315].
- Unicorn, the, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. [164].
- Ur, i. [1], [15], [38], [47]; ii. [265].
- Uroukh (or Erech), i. [38];
- the stones worshipped in its chief temple, [62].
V
- Van, Lake, i. [395]; ii. [213];
- remains of furniture found there, [314].
- Vaults, their common use in Mesopotamia, i. [144];
- their construction without centres, [167];
- their prevalence in Babylon according to Strabo, [169];
- at Firouz-Abad, [169];
- at Sarbistan, [169];
- of Sargon’s gateways, [224].
- Vegetation, marsh, ii. [223].
- Ventilating pipes in Chaldæan buildings, i. [157].
- Virgil quoted, i. [64].
- Vitruvius quoted, i. [116].
- Voguë, de M., ii. [314].
- Volcanoes in the valley of the Khabour, i. [121].
- Volutes, i. [205], [209].
- Vulnirari III., ii. [40].
- Vulush III., ii. [217].
W
- Walls, construction of, i. [147];
- height of W. at Khorsabad, [151];
- ornamentation of W. at Khorsabad, [151];
- of Babylon, as described by Diodorus after Ctesias, [282];
- of Dour-Saryoukin, their good preservation, [282];
- height of the W. of Babylon, ii. [63].
- Warka (the ancient Erech), i. [24], [38], [245], [272];
- palace at, ii. [33], [256], [306], [308].
- Wedges, the, i. [21];
- compared with the hieroglyphs and Chinese characters, [21];
- original constitution of, [23];
- originally perhaps cut on bark of trees, [27];
- terra-cotta peculiarly well adapted for them, [28];
- their ideographic origin, [29].
- Weights, Mesopotamian, ii. [220].
- Wheat, the origin of its cultivation, ii. [399].
- Windows, i. [236].
- Winged bulls, their height, i. [268];
- small model bull from Nimroud, ii. [113].
- Wuswas, i. [245], [272], [371]; ii. [33].
X
- Xenephon, i. [112], [151];
- his Anabasis quoted, ii. [59].
- Xerxes, ii. [201].
- Xisouthros, the Chaldæan Noah, i. [36], [315].
Y