Mesopotamian Archaeology / An introduction to the archaeology of Mesopotamia and Assyria
Percy S. P. Handcock
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  • Abêshu’, k. of Babylon, [33]
  • Abû Adham, [163]
  • Abû Habba, [3], [60], [68];
    • cf. also Sippar
  • Abû Hatab, [77]
  • Abû Shahrein, [121], [134], [156], [157], [163], [242], [263]
  • Acacia, [12]
  • Accounts, lists of, [109]
  • Achaemenian inscriptions, [86]
  • Adab. Cf. Bismâya
  • Adad. [263], [388], [391], [397]
  • Adad-nirari I, [78], [81], [254]
  • Adad-nirari II, [81]
  • Adad-nirari III, [43], [81], [233], [268]
  • Adar, [232], [323]
  • Agade, [7], [29]
  • Agate, [76], [287], [340]
  • Agents, [381]
  • Agglutinative languages, [105]
  • Agriculture, [13], [14], [367], [368], [377], [389]
  • Ahab, [36], [316]
  • Ahaz, k. of Judah, [36], [111]
  • Akkad. Cf. Agade
  • Alabaster, [14], [75], [76], [83], [146], [225], [226], [326]
  • Alashiya, [109]
  • Alcohol, [370]
  • Alexander the Great, [3], [39]
  • Altaku, battle of, [37]
  • Altars, [135], [141], [184], [206], [301]
  • Amen, [365]
  • Amenḥetep III, [21], [108]
  • Amenḥetep IV, [108]; cf. Khuenaten
  • Amethyst, [287], [340]
  • Amphora, [298]
  • Amran, [71], [72]
  • Amulets, [116], [321]
  • Amurru, land of, [130]
  • Andrae, excavations and discoveries by, [69], [77], [140], [142], [149]-51, [176], [254], [355] et passim
  • Animals, [14]-24, [244], [270], [271]
  • “Ankh” sign, [314]
  • Antelope, [16], [19], [184], [291]
  • Antiochus Soter, [59]
  • Anu, the god, [102], [388], [391];
    • Temple of, [397]
  • Anu-Adad Temple, [141]-4, [323]
  • Apil-Sin, [110]
  • Appeal, Court of, [384]
  • Arabia, [114]
  • Arad-Sin, [32]
  • Arakhtu canal, [74]
  • Aralu, [400]
  • Aramaic brick-inscriptions, [70]
  • Archers, [195], [261], [350]-6
  • Arches and arched structures, [156], [168]-80, [210]
  • Architecture, [119]-80
  • Armenia, [10]
  • Arrow, copper heads, [242];
    • emblem, [398]
  • Artaxerxes I, [66]
  • Ashdod, [53], [112], [113]
  • Ashur, [141]-4, [178], [180], [200], [229], [232], [254], [261], [263], [335]
  • Ashur, the god, [25], [79], [146], [306], [307], [391], [392], [397]
  • Ashur-bani-pal, [2], [38], [39], [56], [64], [71], [73], [114], [150], [218]-22, [268]
  • Ashur-bêl-kala, [35], [48], [229]
  • Ashur-etil-ilâni, [43]
  • Ashur-naṣir-pal, [20], [24], [35], [48], [78], [80], [81], [140], [141], [145], [199], [201], [202], [205], [230], [239], [240]
  • Ashur-rêsh-ishi, [81], [142]
  • Askelon, [37]
  • Ass, [14], [18], [220], [366]
  • Assyrian army, [350];
    • buildings, [140]-48, [151]-58;
    • civilization of, [3], [34];
    • cylinder-seals, [304];
    • laws, customs, etc., [344], [389]-95;
    • sculpture, [200], [229]
  • Astrolabæ, [116]
  • Astrology, [104], [109]
  • Aten, disc of, [306]
  • Axe, [254], [340]
  • Babil, [59]
  • Babylon, [29], [59], [69], [114], [116], [241], [268] et passim;
    • cf. also Ḳàsr
  • Babylonia, [3], [4], [10], [156], [181], [222], [375], [386]
  • Balâwât, [15], [55], [258]
  • Bandlets, [216]
  • Bank, artificial, [208]
  • Banks, E. J., excavations and discoveries by, [6], [82], [172], [223], [326], [333], [334]
  • Barbaro, Josafat, [85]
  • Barbel, [27]
  • Barley, [11]
  • Barton, G. A., [96], [98]
  • Basalt, [14], [81], [167], [198], [232], [240], [326]
  • Baskets, [190]
  • Basket-carriers, [247]
  • Bas-reliefs, [181]-200, [201]-22, [271], [272], [273], [274]
  • Battering-rams, [203], [208], [261], [359] f.
  • Battle-axes, [188], [193]
  • Bau, the goddess, [326], [365], [367], [373], [397]
  • Baumgarten, [74]
  • Bavian relief of Sennacherib, [81], [397]
  • Bazu, land of, [23]
  • Beans, [370]
  • Bearded and beardless Assyrians, [239]
  • Beef, [366]
  • Beer, [383]
  • Behistun inscription, [90]
  • Bêl, [17], [71], [391], [397]
  • Bêlit, [71], [393]
  • Bells, bronze, [255]
  • Bel-Merodach, [305]
  • Belshazzar, [39], [51]
  • Belus, temple of, [138]
  • Berosus, [150]
  • Bey, Bedri, excavations by, [68]
  • Bilingual tablets, [104]
  • Bingani-shar-ali, [294]
  • Bint-el-Amir, [64]
  • Birch, [261]
  • Birds, in Mesopotamian art, etc., [24], [115], [184], [367]
  • Birs-Nimrûd, [18], [29], [51];
    • cf. also Borsippa
  • Bismâya, [6], [82], [83], [121], [123], [159], [223], [251], [326], [327], [333]
  • Bisons, [2], [3], [23], [292]
  • Bitumen, [124] f., [226], [243], etc.
  • Black Obelisk, [15], [267]; [93]
  • Blow-pipe, [331]
  • Boars, [19], [24]
  • Boats, [14], [259], [334], [361] f.
  • Bone, implements of, [74], [178]
  • Boomerang, weapons shaped like, [183], [188], [298], [340], [341] ff.
  • Booth, A. J., [94]
  • Borsippa, [29], [59]; cf. Birs-Nimrûd
  • Boscawen, [254]
  • Botta, discoveries and excavations by, [41], [279], [321], [335], [345] etc.
  • Boundary-stones, [16], [101], [111], [395]
  • Bows and arrows, [193], [203], [204], [205], [208], [216], [219], [341]
  • Bracelets, [202], [212], [230], [233], [261], [268], [347], [348]
  • Branding, [385]
  • Bread, [11], [370]
  • Breccia, [70], [71]
  • Bricks, [120]-3
  • Bridge of boats, [259]
  • Bronze, [13], [54], [55], [103], [150], [242], [251], [252], [253], [254], [255], [256], [261], [262], [267]
  • Budge, E. A. Wallis, excavations by, [68]
  • Buffalo, [2], [3], [23], [45], [293]
  • Bull, [15], [17], [24], [213], [214], [236], [237]-9, [257], [272], [275], [276], [280], [289], [298], [305], [310], [398]
  • Burials, [62], [69], [74], [75], [77], [80], [176]-8, [190], [365]
  • Burnouf, Emile, [90]
  • Bur-Sin, [77], [104], [253], [301], [324]
  • Business-contracts, [371]
  • Bustard, [26]
  • Cabbage, [390]
  • Calah, [35];
    • cf. also Nimrûd
  • Calf, [192], [398]
  • Camels, [15], [390]
  • Camp-stools, [291], [297]
  • Capital offences, [384]
  • Capsules, [158], [323]
  • Carchemish, [39]
  • Carnelian, [287]
  • Carpenters, [227], [366]
  • Carts, [214]
  • Case-tablets, [106]
  • Cavalry, Assyrian, [281], [353] f.
  • Caylus, Count, [86]
  • Cedar-wood, [2], [73], [130], [131], [150], [161], [258]
  • Chalcedony, cylinder-seals of, [287]
  • Champollion, [89]
  • Chardin, [85]
  • Chariots, [15], [188], [203], [204], [219], [220], [259], [281], [295], [304], [354] f.
  • Chickens, as offerings, [367]
  • Chinese art and language, [10]
  • Chosroes, [41]
  • Cilicia, [38]
  • Clark, C. H., [63]
  • Clay, [75], [77], [95], [103]-18, [252], [273], [274] ff., [324]
  • Clay, A. T., discoveries by, [65], [303], [331]
  • Clay, E. W., [63]
  • Cloth, coverings of clay urns, [334]
  • Club, emblem, [398]
  • Cock, [26]
  • Coffins, [49]
  • Colour boxes, [77]
  • Colours, [270], [283]
  • Columns, [160]-8, [396], [397]
  • Combs, [349]
  • Commagene, [34]
  • Commercial tablets, [110]
  • Cones, [111], [112], [123], [148], [202], [249]
  • Copper, [75], [77], [180], [242]-7, [249], [252], [286]
  • Coral, [340]
  • Coriander, [390]
  • Corundum, [287]
  • Cosmologies, Babylonian, Egyptian, Hebrew, [4]
  • Cotton, [347]
  • Couch, royal, [221]
  • “Country of the Sea,” [33], [34]
  • Cow, [366]
  • Crane, [26]
  • Creation legends, [53]
  • Cremation, [62]
  • Crenelated walls, [152], [203], [211], [227], [261]
  • Crescent, [296], [302], [305], [306], [308], [395]
  • Crews for transport-barges, [107]
  • Cros, Gaston, excavations and discoveries by, [84], [235], [334], [344]
  • Crown-lands, [391]
  • “Crux ansata,” [314]
  • Crystal, [287]
  • Ctesias, [141]
  • Cucumbers, [370]
  • Cuneiform inscriptions and literature, [85]-116, [203]
  • Cups, [184], [205], [221], [326], [327]
  • Cutha, [29]
  • Cyaxares, [39]
  • Cylinder-seals, [284]-308
  • Cypress, [2], [73]
  • Cyprus, [294]
  • Cyrus, [39], [74]
  • Dabigu, [260]
  • Daggers, [202], [219], [281], [298], [311]
  • Dagan, [307], [319], [320]
  • Damascus, [114]
  • Darius II, [66]
  • Date, [12], [13], [370]
  • Dating, Babylonian method of, [110]
  • Dead, future state and offerings for, [374], [399] f.
  • De Bruin, [85]
  • Deer, [3], [24], [220], [265]
  • Deification of kings, [375]
  • Deities on seals, [291] f.
  • Deity seated, [198];
    • cf. also Gods
  • De la Becke, Sir H., [283]
  • Delitzsch, Friedrich, [61], [71], [74], [261], [264], [273]
  • Deluge story, [53]
  • Demons, [140], [262], [321]
  • De Morgan, J., [226]
  • Dêr, [68]
  • De Sacy, [86]
  • De Sarzec, excavations and discoveries by, [13], [56]-8, [161], [171], [187], [195], [227], [234], [243], [244], [248], [253], [329]
  • De Saulcy, [93]
  • Diarbekr, [195], [200]
  • Diodorus, [59], [90], [127], [273]
  • Diorite, [14], [81], [146], [227], [228], [229]
  • Disc, of sun, [206]
  • Disc, winged, [395]
  • Distraint, [382]
  • Divorce, [365]
  • Dogs, [14], [18], [19], [220], [235], [297], [398]
  • Dolerite, [14], [57], [69], [91], [241]
  • Domes, [155]
  • Dove, [26], [323], [398]
  • Dowries, [376]
  • Dragons, [275], [295], [305], [336]
  • Drains, [158]-60
  • Dress, [181], [198], [216], [221], [223], [226], [230], [232], [233], [281], [337]-56
  • Ducks, [367]
  • Duck weights, [26]
  • Dudu, [192], [266], [289]
  • Dungi, [6], [32], [50], [82], [101], [110], [247], [298], [301]
  • Dûr Sharrukîn, [41], [279];
    • cf. also Khorsabad
  • “Dûru,” the, [81]
  • Ea, the god, [27], [73], [299], [388], [391], [392], [396], [397]
  • Ea-bani, [2], [292], [293], [330], [403]
  • Eagle, [24], [25], [280], [291], [306], [310], [398]
  • Eagle, Etana and, [297]
  • Eannatum, [27], [57], [187], [188], [326]
  • Earrings, [252], [264], [347], [348]
  • East India House Inscription, [140], [150]
  • Ebony, [349]
  • Eggs, stone, [340]
  • Egypt, [3], [4], [38], [256], [258], [268], [269], [286], [312], [313]
  • Egyptian hieroglyphics, [5], [331]
  • “Ekimmu,” [403]
  • Ekron, [37]
  • Ekua, [73]
  • E-kur, [399]
  • Elamites, [2], [31], [32], [37], [38], [114], [199], [247]
  • El-Hibba, [61], [148]
  • En-lil, the god, [17], [62], [133]-6, [325], [326], [373]
  • Enlitarzi, [373]
  • Entemena, [12], [30], [137], [191], [265], [326]
  • Enubi-Marduk, [108]
  • Envelopes, [105], [106]
  • E-pa, [133], [136]
  • Eponyms, [114]
  • Erech, [9], [29], [30];
    • cf. also Warka
  • Eridu, [27], [29];
    • cf. also Abû Shahrein
  • Erman, [369]
  • E-sagila, temple of Marduk, [71]-3, [115], [199]
  • Esar, k. of Adab, [223]
  • Esarhaddon, [13], [23], [38], [43], [73], [78], [114]
  • Eschatology, [399]-405
  • Esneh, [4]
  • Etana, [297]
  • E-temen-an-ki, [73], [138]
  • Eulmash-shakin-shûm, [205]
  • Euphrates, [10], [11]
  • Euting, Prof., [122]
  • Exchange, mediums of, [367]
  • Eyes, [181], [191], [202], [308]
  • E-zida, [51], [59], [115]
  • Face-masks, [264]
  • Fâra, [74], [121], [157], [172], [242], [250]
  • Feathers, [181], [403]
  • Feudalism, [390], [391]
  • Field, Mr., [63]
  • Figs, [13], [217], [370]
  • Fish, [26], [27], [115], [281], [334], [370]
  • Fisher, C. S., [10], [63], [136]
  • Fish-god, [307], [319];
    • cf. also Dagon
  • Fishing-hooks, [76]
  • Flandin, [272]
  • Flint, [75], [242], [287]
  • Flowers, [13], [277], [278], [301]
  • Fly-flaps, [205], [216], [221]
  • Foot-wear, [202], [271], [280], [349]
  • Fortress, assault of, [210]
  • Foundation-cylinders, [50], [51]
  • Fox, [20]
  • Frazier, W. W., [63]
  • Freestone, blue, [326]
  • Fresnel, expedition of, [47], [273], [328]
  • Frog, [20]
  • Fruits, [370]
  • Funerals, [374]
  • Furniture-makers, [366]
  • “Future Life,” [76], [399] f.
  • Gardeners, [366]
  • Garlic, [390]
  • Garnet, [267]
  • Gates, double-leaved, [210]
  • Gates, on seals, [297];
    • cf. also Balâwât
  • Gate-sockets, [57], [65], [83], [102], [259], [267]
  • Gatumdug, the goddess, [228], [235], [373]
  • Gaza, [37]
  • Gazelle, [16], [19], [184], [256], [257]
  • Geere, H. V., [63]
  • Genouillac, [364], [370]
  • Gezer, [254]
  • Gilgamesh, [3], [53], [191], [289], [292], [293], [311], [330], [338], [372], [393], [403]
  • Gimil-Sin, [302]
  • Gishgibilgemesh, [372]
  • Glass, [42], [76], [180], [286], [331]
  • Goats, [14], [17], [18], [184], [250], [265], [290], [297], [366]
  • Goddess, nude, [295], [321] f.
  • Gods, [102], [104], [111], [197], [318], [321], [324], [372]-5, [386]-9, [391]-5
  • Gold, [6], [72], [73], [74], [79], [83], [139], [150], [263], [264], [286], [323]
  • Goose, [367], [398]
  • Grammatical tablets, [104]
  • Granite, [59], [83]
  • Griffins, [256], [257]
  • Grotefend, G. Friedrich, [87]
  • Gudea, [6], [13], [22], [31], [57], [61], [62], [84], [133], [136], [149], [227], [228], [235], [243], [298], [299], [318], [329]
  • Guilds, trade, [376]
  • Gula, the goddess, [397], [398]
  • Gum, [370]
  • Gungunu, [32]
  • Hadadnadinakhe, [149]
  • Hades, [400]
  • Hair, arrangement of, [183], [188], [190], [216], [224], [225], [226], [230], [233], [244], [338]
  • Halévy, Joseph, [105]
  • Halicarnassus, [331]
  • Handles, lateral, [243]
  • Hanging gardens, [127]
  • Hannon, [37]
  • Hare, [20]
  • Harper, R. F., excavations and discoveries by, [63], [82], [94], [97], [123], [131], [142], [264], [267], [377]
  • Harrison, Provost, [63]
  • Hatchets, [75], [76], [242], [296]
  • Hawaiians, war-gods of, [263]
  • Haynes, excavations and discoveries by, [125], [133], [135], [157], [171], [334]
  • Head-dresses, [198], [202], [203], [206], [216], [228], [233], [249], [271], [321], [338], [339], [345], [356], [396]
  • Hebrews, [404] f.
  • Heifers, [266]
  • Helmets, [187], [188], [193], [195], [212], [281], [350] f.
  • Henna, [327]
  • Hereditary principle, [390]
  • Herodotus, [10], [13], [127], [131], [138], [157], [284]
  • Heroes, [289], [290]
  • Heuzey, Léon, discoveries, etc., by, [25], [169], [184], [186], [187], [191], [192], [251], [246], [310], [321]
  • Hezekiah, k. of Judah, [37], [38], [208]
  • Hillah, [285], [322]
  • Hilprecht, H. V., excavations and discoveries by, [16], [57], [59], [60], [63], [66], [117], [136], [148], [169], [184], [252], [328], etc.
  • Hincks, [91], [92]
  • Hindiyah Canal, [11], [12]
  • Historical documents, [104], [110], [111]
  • Hit, [124]
  • Hittites, [33], [35], [69]
  • Holtzman, [91]
  • Hommel, F., [98], [139]
  • Honey, [11]
  • Honeysuckle, paintings of, [282]
  • Horns, symbolic (?), [211]
  • Horse, [14], [15], [16], [28], [281], [397]
  • Hoshea, k. of Israel, [36]
  • House-building, [383]
  • Houses, [156]-8
  • Hunting-scenes, [204]-5, [218]-21
  • Huts, [169]
  • Hyenas, [24]
  • Hyksos kings, [16]
  • Hymns, [104]
  • Hyssop, [390]
  • Ibex, [3], [19], [257], [290], [308]
  • Ibi-Sin, [302]
  • Igigi, [397]
  • Ili-Ippalzam, [108]
  • Ilu-Ittia, [114]
  • Iluma-ilu, [33]
  • Imgur-Bêl, [139]
  • Imgur-Marduk, [67]
  • Impalement, [208]
  • Implements, [252]
  • Inlay work, [236], [249], [250], [251], [254]
  • Inundation, [4]
  • Irak, [344]
  • Irishum, [3], [79]
  • Iron, [255], [268], [269], [286]
  • Irrigation, [368], [390]
  • Ishme-Dagan, [143]
  • Ishme-Dagan, k. of Isin, [321]
  • Ishtar, the goddess, [70], [306], [388], [391], [393], [395], [396], [397]
  • Ishtar’s Gate, [271], [274], [275]
  • Isin, dynasty of, [32]
  • Israel, [36]
  • Ivory, [13], [83], [223], [254], [312]
  • Ivy, [14]
  • Jackals, [24]
  • Jackson, Sir John (Ltd.), [11]
  • Jade, [287]
  • Jasper, [287]
  • Jastrow, Morris, [65], [321], [388], [392], [393]
  • Jehoiakim, [39]
  • Jehu, [15]
  • Jerusalem, [37], [39]
  • Jewellery, [76], [252], [261], [267], [323], [340], [346], [348]
  • Job, [404]
  • Johns, C., [369], [377], [389]
  • Jonah, [14]
  • Josephus, [151]
  • Judah, [36], [38], [39], [112]
  • Ḳalat Sherḳat, [48], [59], [69], [77], [78], [94], [158], etc.;
    • cf. Ashur
  • Kallima-Sin, [16]
  • Kampfer, [85]
  • “Kanephores,” [246]
  • “Karduniash,” [34]
  • Karûn, river, [22]
  • Ḳasr, [149]-51; cf. Babylon
  • Kassites, [33], [303], [335]
  • “Kaunakes” garments, [310]
  • Khabour, [129]
  • Khammurabi, [32], [50], [107], [108], [110], [141], [198], [376]
  • Khipa, [116]
  • Khorsabad, [41], [131], [160], [174], [239], [272]
  • Khuenaten, [306]
  • Khukhnuri, land of, [110]
  • “Ki-gallu,” [402]
  • King, L. W., excavations and discoveries by, [84], [252], [311], [408]
  • Kinneir, [90]
  • Kish, [5], [29], [30], [310]
  • Knife, [75], [242], [311], [398]
  • Kohl, [327]
  • Koldewey, R., excavations and discoveries by, [61], [68] f, [125], [127], [130], [144], [146], [149]-51, [164], [276], [322], [335], [349]
  • Kouyunjik collection, [104]
  • Kudur-Mabuk, [32], [112], [247], [248]
  • “Kudurrus,” [396]; cf. Boundary-stones
  • Kurdistan, [16]
  • Kurigalzu, [303]
  • Labour, [377]
  • Lachish, [38], [215]-17
  • Lacouperie, [10]
  • Lagash, [6], [9], [29], [191], [192], [265], [289], [290];
    • cf. also Tellô
  • Lamassi, [238]
  • Lamps, [177], [334], [398]
  • Lance, [243]
  • Landlord and tenant, [108], [377] f.
  • Lapis lazuli, [76], [102], [225], [250], [288], [315], [340]
  • Larsa, [17], [29], [30]; temples, [139]
  • Lassen, [90]
  • Layard, Sir Henry, excavations and discoveries by, [18], [22], [23], [42]-7, [54], [129], [140], [166], [167], [175], [253], [255], [262], [271], [280], [335]
  • Laws, [198], [384], [398]
  • Lead, [253], [255], [267], [268]
  • Leases, [398]
  • Lebanon, [130]
  • Leek, [390]
  • Legal contracts, [105], [106] ff.
  • Leopard, [24], [257], [292]
  • Letters, [107], [108]
  • Lettuce, [390]
  • Lever, [214]
  • Lexicography, [104]
  • Libations, [205]
  • Libyan languages, [5]
  • Limestone, [14], [70], [145], [153], [182], [183], [224], [230], [287], [326], [327]
  • Linen, [346]
  • Lions, [20], [21], [22], [24], [185], [218], [219], [234]-43, [251], [255], [257], [265], [270], [275]-6, [280]-9, [290]-1, [293], [309], [324], [330]
  • Liver, omens derived from, [116]
  • Locusts, [26]
  • Loftus, W. K., excavations and discoveries by, [49], [51], [123], [156], [158], [163], [331]
  • Longperier, [94]
  • Lotus-plants, [13], [312]
  • Löwenstern, [94]
  • Lu-enna, [267]
  • Lugal-anda, [288]
  • Lugal-banda, [111]
  • Lugal-Kigub-nidudu, [30], [102]
  • Lugal-Kisali, [30]
  • Lugal-shar-engur, [29]
  • Lugal-Tarsi, [102]
  • Lugal-zaggisi, [30], [326]
  • Lydia, [39]
  • Lynxes, [24]
  • Maat, [314]
  • Macalister, [254]
  • Maces, [191], [200], [230], [287]
  • Magan, [328], [335]
  • Magic, [104], [109], [374]
  • Mail, coats of, [350] f.
  • Manasseh, [38]
  • Man-fish, [398]
  • Manishtusu, [31], [226], [371]
  • Marble, [42], [55], [83], [223], [287], [326], [328], [347]
  • Marduk, [33], [48], [71], [73], [199], [273], [306], [386], [391], [392], [397]
  • Marriage, [364], [376], [389]
  • Maspero, [269], [408]
  • Mathematics, [104]
  • Measures, [372]
  • Mechanics, [214], [215]
  • Medes, [39]
  • Medicine, [104], [109]
  • Meissner, [69], [390]
  • Memphis, [38]
  • Mesilim, k. of Kish, [29], [30], [185], [310]
  • Mesniu, the, [4]
  • Messerschmidt, [62]
  • Metals, Babylonian work, [242]-53;
    • Assyrian work, [253]-69;
    • cf. also pp. [83], [103], [131], [132]
  • Meyer, M. L., excavations by, [61], [69]
  • Military arrangements, [188], [195]
  • Milk, [366], [370], [390]
  • Millet, [11], [13]
  • Mitani, [109]
  • Mohammerah, [3], [22]
  • Mohl, [41]
  • Money-lenders, [379], [388]
  • Monkey, [20], [282]
  • Monotheism, [372], [386]
  • Moritz, B., [61]
  • Mortar, [124]-6
  • Mortgage, [108]
  • Moschians, [34]
  • Mother of emerald, [287]
  • Mother-of-pearl, [83], [249], [250], [309], [311], [340]
  • Moulds, [252]
  • Mounds, [6]
  • Mountain-sheep, [20]
  • Muḳeyyer, [50], [120], [156], [159], [242]
  • Mule, [17]
  • Münter, [86], [87]
  • Murashû Tablets, [66]
  • “Mushlala,” [78]
  • Musical instruments, [197], [204], [205], [221], [222]
  • Mutilation, [385]
  • Mutton, [366]
  • Mythology, [104]
  • Nabonassar, [110]
  • Nabonidus, [5], [6], [50], [60]
  • Nabopolassar, [34], [39], [73], [112], [150], [207]
  • Nabû. Cf. Nebo
  • Nabû-aplu-iddina, [118], [205], [207]
  • Nails, [243]-4, [245], [253], [258]
  • Nairi, [35]
  • Names, divinely-compounded, [374]
  • Nanâ, [391]
  • Napir-asu, [262]
  • Narâm-Sin, [5], [7], [8], [30], [31], [57], [64], [67], [83], [84], [117], [135], [193]-4-5, [293], [328]
  • Nash, W. L., [331]
  • Nebi Yûnus, [14], [56]
  • Nebo, [48], [51], [77], [78], [84], [139], [232]
  • Nebuchadnezzar I, [16], [397]
  • Nebuchadnezzar II, [39], [50], [51], [73], [115], [138], [140], [149], [150], [243], [331]
  • Necho, [39]
  • Necklaces, [197], [264]
  • Neo-Babylonian Empire, [304]
  • Nergal, [73], [391]
  • Neriglissar, [74]
  • Nets, [310]
  • Newberry, [284]
  • Newton, [331]
  • Niebuhr, Carsten, [86]
  • Nile, [4]
  • Nîmit-Marduk, [67]
  • Nimitti-Bêl, [139]
  • Nimrûd, [13], [42], [55], [56], [140], [175], [232], [235], [239], [268], [280], [281], [307], [312], [313], [319]
  • Ninâ, [13]
  • Nineveh, [14], [34], [84], [239], [335]
  • Ningal, [197]
  • Nin-girsu, [29], [133], [183], [186], [191], [266], [299], [372]
  • Nin-gish-zi-da, [22], [299], [329], [372]
  • Ninkharsag, [227], [398]
  • Ninib (Adar), [42], [388], [397]
  • Nin-lil, [325]
  • Nin-makh, [71], [136], [137], [278], [322]
  • Ninsun, [111]
  • Ninus, [273]
  • Nippur, [6], [29], [99], [30], [62]-8, [116], [121], [132]-6, [161]-3, [184], [304], [322], [333]
  • Norris, Edwin, [91]
  • Nusku, [398]
  • Oaks, [13]
  • Oannes, [27];
    • cf. Ea.
  • Oars, [363]
  • Obsidian, [75], [287]
  • Olive, [11], [13]
  • Oliver, [90]
  • Omens, [104];
    • Cf. Pigs, Dogs, etc.
  • Onions, [370], [390]
  • Onyx, [83], [287], [326]
  • Opis, [29]
  • Oppert, [47], [94], [273], [328]
  • Oryx, [3], [20]
  • Ostrich, [25], [307]
  • Ovid, [141]
  • Oxen, [14], [16], [253], [273], [366]
  • Ox-hoof, [115], [254]
  • Oyster shells, [309]
  • Padî, k. of Ekron, [113]
  • Painting, [270]-83
  • Palaces, Assyrian, [151]-6;
    • Babylonian, [148]-51
  • Palm-trees, [129], [158], [221]
  • Panther, [273]
  • Partnerships, [382]
  • Pehlevi, language and inscriptions, [16], [86], [87]
  • Pepper, Wm., [63]
  • Percy, Dr., [283]
  • Perfumery, [366]
  • Perrot and Chipiez, [140], [238], [271], [408], etc.
  • Persepolis, [86], [87], ff.
  • Persian cuneiform, [86], [87], ff.
  • Persians, [39]
  • Peters, J. P., excavations and discoveries by, [63], [161], [162], [334], etc.
  • Petrie, W. Flinders, [269], [332]
  • Phœnician characters, [21], [255], [312]
  • Picture-writing, [96]-100
  • Pigs, [14], [20]
  • Pinches, T., [139], [140], [261]
  • Pir-Hussein, [339]
  • Place, Victor, excavations and discoveries by, [41], [42], [153], [160], [173], [279]
  • Planetary colours, [138]
  • “Plano-convex” bricks, [120]
  • Plans, [116]
  • Plants, [115]
  • Pliny, [59]
  • Plough, [16], [184], [280], [303], [304]
  • Polyandry, [364]
  • Polygamy, [364], [365]
  • Polytheism, [372]
  • Pomegranates, [12], [370]
  • Poplar, [12], [129]
  • Porcupines, [20], [24]
  • Pork, [19]
  • Porphyry, [326]
  • Porter, [90]
  • Potter’s wheel, [334]
  • Pottery, [84], [282], [333]-6
  • Prayers, [104]
  • Prestwich, [10]
  • Priests, [373], [388]
  • Prisms, [112], [113]
  • Pul. Cf. Tiglath-Pileser III
  • Pyramids, [141]
  • Quartz, [287]
  • Quivers, [188], [195], [358]
  • Rabbit, [20]
  • Radau, [187], [408]
  • Radishes, [370], [390]
  • Rafts, [363]
  • Ram, [178], [396], [397]
  • Raphia, battle of, [37]
  • Rassam, H. H., excavations and discoveries by, [46]-9, [54]-6, [59], [61], [258]
  • Raven, [26]
  • Rawlinson, G., [200], [222], [352], [353]
  • Rawlinson, Sir H., discoveries by, [18], [51], [90] f., [324]
  • Reeds, [13], [14]
  • Religion (early), [372]-5;
    • (Khammurabi period), [386]-9;
    • (Assyrian), [391]-5
  • Rent, [378]
  • Repoussé-work, [258], [259] ff.
  • Rezin, k. of Damascus, [36]
  • Rich, C. J., discoveries by, [40], [59]
  • Rim-Sin, [32], [101], [247], [248]
  • Ring and staff, [103], [198], [206]
  • Riparian obligations, [379]
  • Rivets, [252]
  • Rogers, R. W., [94], [408]
  • Roofs, Assyrian, [153], [154]
  • Ropes, [206], [214], [281]
  • Rosettes, [14], [78], [202], [233], [260], [274], [279], [315], [357]
  • Sacrifices, [244], [373]
  • Saddles, [353]
  • Sagittarius, [398]
  • Sammuramat, [233]
  • Samsu-iluna, [50], [68], [108], [110]
  • Sandals. Cf. Foot-wear
  • Sandstone, [69], [70], [163], [325], [327]
  • Sanskrit, [90]
  • Sarcophagi, [74], [75], [180]
  • Sargon, [37], [53], [79], [112], [144], [151]-4, [209], [212], [330]
  • Saws, [75], [242]
  • Sayce, A. H., [89], [94], [407], [408] et passim
  • Sceptre, [197], [230]
  • Scheil, Père, [68], [364]
  • Scimitar, [254]
  • Schist, [287]
  • Schrader, [61]
  • Scorpion, [26]
  • Scorpion-man, [398]
  • Scourging, [385]
  • Scroll-design, [192], [315]
  • Sculpture, bas-reliefs (Assyrian), [201]-22
    • (Babylonian), [181]-200
  • Sculpture, in the round, [222]-41
  • Seals, [285], [286], [324]
  • Semiramis, [233], [273]
  • Semites, [5], [30]
  • Senkereh, [49]; cf. also Larsa
  • Sennacherib, [37], [38], [46], [47], [56], [78], [113], [213]-17, [330], [397]
  • Serpents, [22], [23], [273], [296], [299], [329], [398]
  • Sesame, [11]
  • “Shadûf,” [369]
  • Shagshag, [373]
  • Shalmaneser I, [35], [78]
  • Shalmaneser II, [15], [36], [55], [81], [143], [207], [232], [259], [268]
  • Shalmaneser IV, [36], [37]
  • Shamash, [1], [60], [139], [205], [296], [396]-7
  • Shamash-Killâni, [116]
  • Shamash-shum-ukîn, [38], [73], [110]
  • Shamshi-Adad, [79], [143], [167]
  • Share-profit system, [378]
  • Shar-Gâni-Sharri, [5], [7], [8], [23], [67], [102], [117], [293]
  • Sharru-Gi, [30], [31]
  • Shatt el-Hai Canal, [224]
  • Shatt en-Nîl Canal, [133]
  • Sheaf, [398]
  • Shêdi, [238]
  • Sheep, [14], [17], [18], [115], [297], [366]
  • Shell, [72], [75], [76], [236], [250], [287], [341]
  • Sheol, [401]
  • Shields, [208], [211], [281], [360]
  • Shipping, [381]
  • Shualu, [401] f.
  • Shutruk-Nakhunte, [194]
  • Sidon, [114]
  • Silver, [72], [73], [76], [150], [251], [264], [265], [267], [286]
  • Simmash-shipak, [205]
  • Simon, L., [61]
  • Sin, the Moon-god, [50], [306], [388], [391], [395], [396], [397]
  • Sin-eribam, [106]
  • Sin-Gamil, [101]
  • Sin-gashid, k. of Erech, [111]
  • Sin-idinnam, k. of Larsa, [107], [111]
  • Sin-ikisham, [106]
  • Sin-muballit, [101]
  • Sin-shar-ishkun, [81], [144], [145] ff.
  • Sippar, [3], [29], [139];
    • cf. also Abû Habba
  • Ṣit-napishtim, [26], [404]
  • Skins, [203], [211], [363]
  • Slaves, [376]
  • Slings, [341]
  • Smith, George, excavations and discoveries by, [52]-4, [128], [138]
  • Solomon, [316]
  • South-west wind, [262]
  • Spain, [334]
  • Sparrow and plough, [398]
  • Spasinus Chorax, [3]
  • Spearmen, Assyrian, [350]-6
  • Spears, [76], [193], [211], [219], [242]
  • Sphinxes, [312]
  • Squeezes, [90], [117]
  • Stag, [20]
  • Stage-tower. Cf. Ziggurat
  • Stalagmite, [325], [326]
  • Standards, [193], [204], [244]
  • Star, [296], [302], [305], [395]
  • Statues, offerings to, [373]
  • Steatite, [197], [235], [252], [329]
  • Stone, uses of, [74], [75], [100], [101], [115], [126]-9, [224], [245], [246], [325]-31
  • Stork, [26]
  • Storm-god, the. Cf. Adad
  • Strabo, [127], [157], [158], [168]
  • Stucco, [278]
  • Stylus, [227]
  • Sumerians, [1], [2], [10], [29], [290], [291], [364], [372]
  • Sumu-abu, [32], [110]
  • Sumu-ilu, k. of Ur, [235]
  • Sumu-la-ilu, k. of Babylon, [110]
  • Sun-god, [111];
    • cf. also Shamash
  • “Sun-Tablet,” [164], [205]
  • Surgeons, [385]
  • Surghul, [61], [157]
  • Susa, [1], [2], [32], [38], [193], [199], [226], [262], [331], [334]
  • Swallow, [26]
  • Swan, [26]
  • Swimming, [203]
  • Swords, [212], [254], [350] f.
  • Syenite, [287]
  • Syllabaries, [109]
  • Symbolism, [395]
  • “Synchronous History,” [111]
  • Syria (northern), [35], [36]
  • Table, [307]
  • Tablets, [103], [105], [286]
  • Talbot, [94]
  • Tamarisk, [130], [370]
  • Tarsus, [38]
  • Taylor, J. E., excavations and discoveries by, [50], [51], [120], [123], [124], [133], [134], [156], [159], [163], [176], [200], [242], [263]
  • Tell el-Amarna letters, [108]
  • Tell el-Hesy. Cf. Lachish
  • Tellô (Lagash), [13], [56]-8, [61], [84], [161], [187], [195], [224], [234], [248], [301], [310]
  • Tell Sifr, [50]
  • Temples, Assyrian, [140]-8;
    • Babylonian, [132]-40
  • Temple-towers, [1];
    • cf. also Ziggurats
  • Terebinth, [13]
  • Terra-cotta, [321], [322], [324]
  • Te-Umman, k. of Elam, [114], [222]
  • Thebes, [38], [114]
  • Thistle, [14]
  • Thompson, R. C., excavations by, [84]
  • Thrones, [197], [216], [217], [235], [264]
  • Thunderbolt, [79], [395]
  • Thureau-Dangin, [364]
  • Tiâmat, [306]
  • Tibet, [18]
  • Tiglath-Pileser [1], [34], [35], [112], [142], [200], [267], [268]
  • Tiglath-Pileser II, [79]
  • Tiglath-Pileser III, [36], [43], [81], [111], [208], [268]
  • Tigris, [10]
  • Til-Garimum, [113]
  • Tin, [253], [255]
  • Tirhakah, k. of Egypt, [38], [114]
  • Toilet, [327], [347]
  • Tortoise, [20]
  • Trades, [366], [380]
  • Trees, [12], [280], [291], [306]
  • Trilingual inscriptions, [86]
  • Tubal, [113]
  • Tukulti-Ninib I, [21], [34], [72], [78], [79], [81], [179]
  • Tukulti-Ninib II, [35]
  • Tulips, [282]
  • Turbans, [228], [300], [302]
  • Turks, [12], [68]
  • Turnips, [390]
  • Turtle-doves, [367]
  • Tychsen, [86]
  • Tyre and Sidon, [363]
  • Umbrellas, [205]
  • Umma, [29], [30]
  • Ungnad, [19]
  • Untash-gal, k. of Elam, [262]
  • Ur, [6], [29], [30], [31], [133];
    • cf. also Muḳeyyer
  • Ur-Bau, [149], [227], [249]
  • Ur-Engur, [6], [31], [32], [50], [64], [67], [82], [133] f., [299]
  • Ur-Ninâ, [9], [30], [120], [130], [149], [186], [235], [244], [310]
  • Urukagina, [13], [27], [30], [326], [374]
  • Urumush, [30], [31], [328]
  • Urzage, [325]
  • Ushpia, [78]
  • Utug, [325]
  • Valle, Pietro della, [85]
  • Vases, [226], [229], [302], [398]
  • Vegetables, [373]
  • Vestments, [206]
  • Vetches, [14]
  • Vines, [13], [112], [217], [218], [221]
  • Votive figures, [244]
  • Vultures, [24], [25], [57], [187], [188] ff., [204], [290]
  • Wages, [380]
  • Ward, W. Hayes, [2], [15], [16], [63], [284], [285], [287], [292], [295], [298], [304], [305], [341], [396]-8
  • Warka, excavations and discoveries at, [9], [49], [156], [163], [312]
  • Water-fowl, [334]
  • Weapons, [188], [202], [221], [252], [259], [340]-4, [350]-9
  • Weavers, [365]
  • Westergaard, [91]
  • Wheat, [11]
  • Wilkinson, [369]
  • Windows, [160], [211]
  • “Window Inscription,” [85]
  • Wine. Cf. also Alcohol, [11]
  • Winged Being, [202], [286]
  • Winged Disc, [306]
  • Winged monsters, excavation and transport of, [43]-5
  • Witnesses, [384]
  • Wolves, [24]
  • Woman, [224], [225], [226], [229], [244], [245], [338], [340], [365], [366], [389]
  • Wood, [129]-31
  • Wood-carving, [236]
  • Wool, [337], [366] f., [390]
  • World, map of, Babylonian conception of, [116]
  • Wuswas façade, [157]
  • Xerxes, [86], [331]
  • Yôkha, [121]
  • Zabum, [72], [110]
  • Zamama, [398]
  • Zaquriu, [268]
  • Zarpanit, [73]
  • Zedekiah, [39]
  • Zend-Avesta, [86]
  • Ziggurats, [42], [142], [143], [148]
  • Zoroastrian faith, [86]