Q. Curti Rufi Histor. Alex. v. i. 24–35
Ceterum ipsius urbis pulchritudo ac vetustas non regis modo, sed etiam omnium oculos in semet haud inmerito convertit. Samiramis eam condiderat, non, ut plerique credidere, Belus, cuius regia ostenditur. Murus instructus laterculo coctili bitumine interlito spatium XXX et duorum pedum in latitudinem amplectitur: quadrigae inter se occurrentes sine periculo commeare dicuntur. Altitudo muri L cubitorum eminet spatio: turres denis pedibus quam murus altiores sunt. Totius operis ambitus CCCLXV stadia complectitur; singulorum stadiorum structuram singulis diebus perfectam esse memoriae proditum est. Aedificia non sunt admota muris, sed fere spatium iugeri unius absunt. Ac ne totam quidem urbem tectis occupaverunt—per LXXX stadia habitabatur—, nec omnia continua sunt, credo, quia tutius visum est pluribus locis spargi. Cetera serunt coluntque, ut, si externa vis ingruat, obsessis alimenta ex ipsius urbis solo subministrentur. Euphrates interfluit magnaeque molis crepidinibus coercetur. Sed omnium operum magnitudinem circumveniunt cavernae ingentem in altitudinem pressae ad accipiendum impetum fluminis: quod ubi adpositae crepidinis fastigium excessit, urbis tecta corriperet, nisi essent specus lacusque, qui exciperent. Coctili laterculo structi sunt, totum opus bitumine adstringitur. Pons lapideus flumini inpositus iungit urbem. Hic quoque inter mirabilia Orientis opera numeratus est. Quippe Euphrates altum limum vehit, quo penitus ad fundamenta iacienda egesto vix suffulciendo operi firmum reperiunt solum: harenae autem subinde cumulatae et saxis, quibus pons sustinetur, adnexae morantur amnem, qui retentus acrius, quam si libero cursu mearet, inliditur. Arcem quoque ambitu XX stadia conplexam habent. XXX pedes in terram turrium fundamenta demissa sunt, ad LXXX summum munimenti fastigium pervenit. Super arcem, vulgatum Graecorum fabulis miraculum, pensiles horti sunt, summam murorum altitudinem aequantes multarumque arborum umbra et proceritate amoeni. Saxo pilae, quae totum onus sustinent, instructae sunt, super pilas lapide quadrato solum stratum est patiens terrae, quam altam iniciunt, et humoris, quo rigant terras: adeoque validas arbores sustinet moles, ut stipites earum VIII cubitorum spatium crassitudine aequent, in L pedum altitudinem emineant frugiferaeque sint, ut si terra sua alerentur. Et cum vetustas non opera solum manu facta, sed etiam ipsam naturam paulatim exedendo perimat, haec moles, quae tot arborum radicibus premitur tantique nemoris pondere onerata est, inviolata durat: quippe XX [pedes] lati parietes sustinet XI pedum intervallo distantes, ut procul visentibus silvae montibus suis inminere videantur. Syriae regem Babylone regnantem hoc opus esse molitum memoriae proditum est, amore coniugis victum, quae desiderio nemorum silvarumque in campestribus locis virum conpulit amoenitatem naturae genere huius operis imitari.
G. SMITH’S ESAGILA TABLET
See pp. [192]–194
The tablet was hurriedly transcribed by G. Smith on his journey to Nineveh, from which he was destined never to return, and his account of it remained our only source of information on the subject until V. Scheil discovered the text in private possession. It has now been fully edited by V. Scheil and M. Dieulafoy under the title Esagil ou le temple de Bêl-Marduk à Babylone in the Mémoires de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres (Paris, Picard, 1913). It is obvious that this important document, drawn up in the Seleucid era, is a first-hand authority and must now be taken into account in any fresh attempt to reconcile the data of the excavations with ancient inscriptions. Koldewey cannot be reproached for forming his conclusions from the only data before him, and no one could be more willing to modify his conclusions if necessary. Whether what has been laid bare by the excavator be recognisable as consistent with the temple buildings as they stood in Seleucid times, or must be referred to earlier ages, remains to be seen, and the excavator himself has the first right to be heard on this point.—[C. H. W. Johns.]
PUBLICATIONS OF THE GERMAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY
Issued by J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig.
| Assur | ||||
| Cloth | ||||
| M. | M. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Der Anu-Adad-Tempel | 1909 | 40 | 44 | |
| Keilinschriften historischen Inhalts | 1911 | 12 | 12.50 | |
| Die Festungswerke. 2 Bände | 1913 | 135 | 147 | |
| Die Stelenreihen | 1913 | 45 | 50 | |
| Babylon | ||||
| Die Tempel von Babylon und Borsippa | 1911 | 32 | 36 | |
| Die Hettitische Inschrift der Königsburg | 1900 | 4 | 22.50 | |
| Die Pflastersteine von Aiburschabu | 1901 | 4 | ||
| Babylonische Miscellen | 1903 | 12 | ||
| Die Inschriften Nebukadnezars II. im Wadi Brisā und am Nahr el-Kelb | 1906 | 20 | 22.50 | |
| Die Ausgrabungen von Jericho | 1913 | 60 | 66 | |
| Kasr Firaun in Petra | 1910 | 16 | 19 | |
| Die Bauwerke von Boghazköi | 1912 | 60 | 66 | |
| Die Ruinen von Hatra. 2 Bände | 1908, 1912 | 91 | 100 | |
| Die Ruinen von Ocheïdir | 1912 | 30 | 35 | |
| Nordmesopotamische Baudenkmäler altchristlicher und islamischer Zeit | 1911 | 50 | 58 | |
| Kirchen und Moscheen in Armenien und Kurdistan | 1913 | 40 | 46 | |
| Abusir | ||||
| Das Grabdenkmal des Königs Ne-user-re | 1907 | 60 | 64 | |
| Priestergräber und andere Grabfunde vom Ende des alten Reiches bis zur griechischen Zeit vom Totentempel des Ne-user-re | 1908 | 54 | 58 | |
| Griechische Holzsarkophage aus der Zeit Alexanders d. Gr. | 1905 | 35 | 37.50 | |
| Der Timotheos-Papyrus | 1903 | 12 | 15 | |
| Das Grabdenkmal des Königs Nefer-ir-ke-re | 1909 | 30 | 34 | |
| Das Grabdenkmal des Königs Sahu-re: 1: Der Bau, 2: Die Wandbilder. 3 Tle. | 1910, 1913 | 144 | 158 | |
| Das Hohe Tor von Medinet Habu | 1910 | 25 | 29 | |
| Der Porträtkopf der Königin Teje | 1911 | 16 | 19 | |
INDEX
- Abu-Hatab, streets in, [243]
- Abundance, door of, [212]
- Acropolis, [14], [65], [150], [176], [180], [181], [311], [313]
- Adad, [163], [221]
- Adadnadinakhe, bricks of, [295]
- Adad-nirari, [166]
- Adyton, or side chamber, [59], [60], [296]
- Ægina, coins of, [270]
- Agade (Ishtar of), [243], [296], [300]
- Agate, [221], [265], [268]
- Agul, [99]
- Aiburšabù, Ai-ibur-shabu, [26], [51];
- Akkad, [152], [231]
- Alabaster, [29], [211], [218], [252];
- dedicatory inscription on, [301]
- Alabastra, [72], [252], [254], [255]
- Aleppo, [110]
- Alexander, [11], [196], [204], [270], [307], [309], [310], [311], [313]
- Ammiditana, [240], [291]
- Amphora, [251], [255], [270]
- Amran, [15], [16], [141], [173], [183], [200], [204], [223], [228], [229], [254], [261], [276], [312], [313]
- Amran Ibn Ali, tomb of, [212]
- Amulets, [270], [271], [283]
- Anah, [25]
- Anaku, [75]
- Ananeh, [14]
- Anklets, [276]
- Anthropoid coffins, [276]
- Anu, [193], [210], [264], [279]
- Anunnaki, [151]
- Apadana (appa danna), [12], [68], [128]
- Ape, [234], [284]
- Ap-lam, [79]
- Aplu ašaridu, [75]
- Arab cemetery, [223];
- Arabs, [11], [15], [108], [160], [212], [223], [258], [261], [264], [300];
- and the basalt lion, [160]
- Arachtu Canal, [52];
- Aramaic brick stamps, [80], [168]
- Archaic characters, [78]
- Arch construction, [70], [93]
- Arched doorway, [70], [71]
- Architects, [71], [109], [174], [180]
- Arrow-heads, [263]
- Artaxerxes, [68], [313]
- Artaxerxes Mnemon, [129], [182]
- Arval, [46]
- Arx or Kasr, [14]
- Aryballos, [254]
- Ashes, in funeral ceremony, [273]
- Asphalt, [25], [31], [42], [49], [52], [54], [59], [70], [86], [88], [100], [104], [114], [122], [127], [134], [136], [137], [138], [144], [154], [155], [156], [168], [173], [192], [197], [294], [295]
- Assur, [93], [99], [103], [110], [151], [219], [236], [275]
- Assyrian alabaster reliefs, [29]
- Asûḫu-trees, [169]
- Atele, [168]
- Audience chamber, [103]
- Auditorium, [301]
- Axe, [80]
- Bâb bilti, [53]
- Babel Street, [25]
- Babil, city of, [16], [19], [22], [44], [152], [211];
- Bab-ilani, [181]
- Babylon, climate, [74];
- compared with Nineveh, [5];
- comparison of, with modern cities, [5];
- Dragon of, [46];
- Dûr of, [134], [136], [142];
- excavations, [5];
- Hanging Gardens, [98], [100];
- main gate of, [46];
- mounds of, [15];
- prehistoric existence, [88];
- private houses, planning of, [286];
- sacking of, [180];
- towers, [1], [2], [4], [5], [15], [34], [195], [196], [309];
- wall of, [1]–6, [31], [34], [137], [311];
- Vatican of, [190]
- Babylon and Esagila of equal importance, [141];
- united, [87]
- Babylonia, glyptic art of, [29]
- Babylonian ell, [1], [40]
- Bachura, [195]
- Bagdad, [8], [75], [82], [108], [228]
- Bagistana, [166]
- Balls, limestone, [50]
- Barks, sacred, [257]
- Basalt, [159], [166], [259]
- Bas-reliefs, [29]
- Bastion, [89], [136], [137], [138], [176], [178]
- Bavian inscription, [222]
- Beads, [118]–19, [256], [264], [265]
- Beakers, [248], [257]
- Beams, [94]
- Bedri Bey, [10]
- Bees, [164]
- Bel, [60], [193], [210], [264], [313];
- and the Dragon, [46]
- Belit, [264]
- Bell, earthenware, [256]
- Belnadinshum, Bel-nâdin-šum, [240], [311]
- Belshazzar’s banquet, [103]
- Beltis, [26], [69], [72]
- Berosus, [96], [98], [169]
- Bezold, [192], [212]
- Binder, [84]
- Bismaya, [220]
- Bitumen, [6], [12], [44], [51], [54], [61], [112]
- Boar’s tusk, [271]
- Boats, earthenware, [258]
- Boomerang, [221]
- Borsippa, temple of, [31], [56], [209], [296];
- Bowls, [248], [259], [261]
- Breccia, [25]
- Brick robbers, [82], [102], [144], [158], [160], [183], [294], [309]
- Bricks, baked, [134];
- Bridge, [197];
- gateway, [216]
- Bronze, [44], [76], [113], [169], [210], [263], [265], [267]
- Buddensieg, [74]
- Bulls, [38], [41], [45], [46], [130], [265], [272]
- Bureau, [103]
- Burial, methods of, [271], [272]
- Burials, double-urn, [273];
- crouching, [275]
- Burnaburariaš, [264]
- Canal, [8], [9], [18], [19], [50], [51], [52], [167], [168], [180]
- Casket, [59]
- Cavalier towers, [4], [68], [200]
- Cedar wood, [6], [12], [44], [113], [169], [210]
- Ceilings, cedar, [159]
- Cella, [31], [57], [58], [59], [63], [204], [206], [210], [230], [231], [234], [296], [298]
- Celsius, [74]
- Ceramics, [248]
- Chamber of Fate, [26], [52]
- Chase, [130]
- Cheetah, [48]
- China, wall of, [5]
- Chinese dragon, [48]
- Citadel, [71], [84], [107], [110], [256], [257]
- Clay, [155], [208], [238], [309]
- Coffins, anthropoid, [276];
- Coins, Arabic, [270];
- Graeco-Persian, [270]
- Conduit, [148], [167], [300]
- Construction, false principle of, [84]
- Copper, [6], [12], [44], [113], [232], [233]
- Cores, [72], [148], [183]
- Courts of Justice, [90]
- Crypts, [91], [100]
- Ctesias, [2], [4], [96], [129], [131], [195], [197], [201], [313]
- Cuneiform, [75], [77], [80], [95], [128], [245], [269]
- Cupids, [285], [286]
- Curtains, [146], [151]
- Curtius Rufus, [97], [98], [325], [326]
- Cylinder, E-ulla, [199];
- Cylinder building, [166], [167]
- seal, [267]
- Cylix, [254]
- Cypress, [169]
- Cyprus, [104]
- Damp, precautions against, [127]
- Daniel, [46], [49], [160]
- Darius, [49], [128], [166], [235], [270]
- Delitzsch, [44], [51], [53], [60], [85], [86], [112], [113], [134], [136], [138], [153], [169], [192], [195], [211], [257], [296]
- De Sarzec, [244], [293], [295]
- Dieulafoy, M., [327]
- Dinosaur, [48]
- Diodorus, [98], [99], [100], [129], [197], [198], [201], [310], [318]–322
- Dionysos, [301]
- Dioscurides, [301]
- Divaniyeh, [18]
- Djin, [160]
- Djird, [19], [21]
- Djumdjumma, [14], [223]
- Dolab, [19]
- Dolerite, [166]
- Door, [57], [211], [212]
- Door leaves, cedar, [113], [169]
- Door-post, bronze ferrule of, [57]
- Dragons, [38], [44], [130], [221], [222]
- Drainage, [243]
- Drains, [110], [123], [124], [125], [147], [148], [154]
- Du-azag, [26], [52], [53], [211]
- Duck weight, [190]
- Dul-azag, [26], [52], [53], [211]
- Ea, [204], [207], [210], [264]
- E-an-na, [167]
- E-bar-ra, [167]
- Ear-rings, [265], [276], [279]
- East India House Inscription, [5]
- E-ḫul-ḫul, [167]
- Ekua, [152], [211]
- El-Hibbah, [238], [239], [293]
- Emach, [58], [60], [61], [186], [312]
- Enamel, [30], [34], [41], [44], [45], [46], [104]–107, [129], [130]
- Enlil, [231]
- Entemena, [220]
- Epatutila, [229], [231]
- Esagila, [145];
- Esarhaddon, [79], [87], [151], [186], [187], [207], [215], [221], [312]
- E-sigiši, [99]
- Etemenanki, [15], [141], [167], [183], [186], [189], [190], [192], [195], [197], [207], [208], [211], [309], [312], [313]
- E-ulla, [199]
- Euphrates, bridge, [53], [95];
- E-ur-imin-an-ki, [14]
- Evil-Merodach, [78], [79], [159]
- Exedra, [307]
- Expansion joints, [36], [71], [95], [116], [122], [127], [136]
- Ezida, [54], [75], [86], [134], [211]
- Façade, [294], [299]
- Fara, [19], [243];
- Figures, [59], [158], [218], [232], [257], [265]
- Fillets, semicircular, [56];
- round pillars, [244]
- Finger-rings, [267]
- Fireplaces, table-shaped, [295]
- Fisher, [216], [295]
- Flasks, [72], [251]
- Flint, [88], [261], [268], [311]
- Flute, [284]
- Footstools, [301]
- Foundation trenches, [128]
- Frieze, [169]
- Frit, [268]
- Gabbari-KAK, [164]
- Gates, [192], [193]
- Gateways, [189], [199], [209], [230]
- Glass, [255], [256], [264], [268]
- Goblets, [255]
- Gold plate, rectangular, [34]
- Graeco-Parthian burials, [216], [275]
- Graeco-Parthian Period, [109], [276], [277]–279, [312]
- Gratings, [136], [179]
- Graves, brick, [168], [182], [290];
- Greek Period, [216], [240], [250], [285], [313]
- Greek Theatre, [300], [301], [307]
- Gudea, [220], [257];
- bricks, [293]–295
- Gula, [234], [279]
- Gutters, [125], [150], [186], [233], [294]
- Gypsum, [88], [89], [103], [104], [114], [118], [216], [219], [276], [291], [299], [301], [305]
- Habl Ibrahim, [18]
- Hail, [108]
- Hair and bitumen, concoction of, [46]
- Halil Bey, [10]
- Hanging Gardens, [98], [100]
- Hammurabi, [29], [88], [114], [228], [240], [242], [244], [246], [311]
- Haran, [167]
- Harp, [284]
- Hatra, [110]
- Hattre, [66], [162]
- Hea, [193]
- Hellenistic vases, [254]
- Hellmann, [74]
- Hephaestion, [311]
- Hera, [195]
- Herodotus, [2], [3], [5], [31], [64], [82], [98], [102], [193]–197, [201], [210], [212], [222], [242], [280], [313]–318
- Hilani, [12]
- Hilleh, [8], [14], [183], [212]
- Hindiyeh, [10], [18]
- Hit, [25]
- Hittite hieroglyphic inscription, [165]
- stela, [164]
- Holy of Holies, [58]
- Homera, [32], [150], [309], [312], [313]
- Hommel, [192], [203], [229]
- Hudeh, [103]
- Iggigi, [151]
- Illu Gate, [26]
- Imgur-Bel, [5], [34], [44], [113], [127], [134]–136, [138], [140], [144], [145], [150], [152]–154, [168], [181], [182], [312]
- India, rainfall, [74]
- Inscription—
- Assyrian votive, [221];
- Bavian, [52], [222];
- Darius Hystaspes, [166];
- Greek Theatre, [301];
- Hittite hieroglyphic, [165];
- Nabopolassar, [87], [140], [142], [195];
- Nebuchadnezzar, [25], [45], [54], [84], [133], [160], [178], [187], [191], [195];
- Nebuchadnezzar’s Steinplatten, [5], [26], [38], [44], [52], [69], [99], [113], [128], [168], ]174, [178], [210], [257];
- Neo-Babylonian, [164], [221];
- Neriglissar, [113], [211];
- pottery, [227];
- Sardanapalus, [60], [151], [207]
- Interments, [146], [219]
- Invasion by water feared, [180]
- Iron, [265]
- Irrigation, [8], [20], [21]
- Irsit Babylon, [14]
- Ishin aswad, [15], [229], [238], [239], [312]
- Ishtar Gate, [24], [25], [26], [31], [32], [35], [38], [42], [46], [49], [53], [55], [71], [89], [102], [104], [129], [130], [136]–138, [145]–148, [150], [156], [166], [170], [173], [174], [178], [181], [182], [199], [222];
- consecration inscription, [45]
- Ishtar, statue of, [163];
- Ivory, [169]
- Jars, storage, [250], [251], [259]
- Jastrow, [204]
- Jeremiah, [314]
- Jews and the Tower of Babylon, [196]
- Joints, [70], [127], [158]
- Josephus, [324], [325]
- Kadashmanbel, [290]
- Kadashmanturgu, [290]
- Kaḫilisir, [211]
- Kalach, [89]
- Kâr, [138]
- Karabet, [14]
- Kasr, [10] et passim
- Kassite, [77], [248]
- Kassite kings, [76]
- Kerbela, [183]
- Ketshaue, [236]
- Khabur, [162]
- Khan Mhauil, [14]
- Khorsabad, [94], [194], [236]
- Kilns, [76], [82]
- Kirû, [138]
- Kisa, [255]
- Kisu, [61], [62], [85], [122], [186], [192], [208], [214], [223], [300]
- Knives, [263]
- Koldewey, [327]
- Ktesiphon, [110]
- Kua-bark, [257]
- Kua-ship, [211]
- Kudur-Bel, [311]
- Kudurru, [252], [257], [266]
- Kunukku, [221]
- Kurigalzu, [290], [311]
- Kutha, [14]
- Kweiresh, [14], [16], [22], [183], [199], [200], [214], [291]
- Kyanos, [46]
- Labashi, [65]
- Labashi-Marduk, [79]
- Lady Gate, [52], [53]
- Lamps, [252], [253], [254]
- Lapis lazuli, [46], [158], [169], [221], [236], [268]
- Latomia, [196]
- Lebanon, cedars of, [85], [86], [94], [112], [195], [211]
- Leg-bones, decorated, [265]
- Lehmann-Haupt, [199]
- Libil-ḫigalla, [50], [51], [80], [113], [168], [312]
- Libraries, [236]
- Limestone, [25], [45], [50], [51], [89], [159], [177], [259]
- Lion, [46], [80], [130]
- Lions represented on tiles, [28], [80], [107], [159], [236]
- Lizard, [49]
- Logeion, [305]
- Luschan, F. von, [165]
- Lydia, [270]
- Lysimachus, [270]
- Mace heads, [261]
- McGee, [195], [199], [309]
- Maër, [162]
- Magnetite, [268]
- Marble, [268]
- Marduk, [24], [25], [26], [45], [46], [51], [53], [54], [79], [85], [86], [134], [136], [138], [141], [151], [153], [168], [192], [195], [221], [236], [264];
- Marduk-aplu-iddina II., [311]
- Marduk-nâdin-shum, King, [221]
- Maru, [75]
- Mats, [30], [31]
- Melishikhu, [240], [264]
- Merkes, [15], [239], [244], [311];
- absence of glazed trough coffins, etc., in, [276];
- fore-leg of pachyderm found in, [271];
- houses in, [18], [52], [88], [114], [183], [238], [287], [292], [296], [305];
- Ishtar Temple, [313];
- mounds, [228];
- objects found in, [286];
- sarcophagi found at, [275];
- utensils and toys found in, [256];
- wall facings, [109]
- Merodach-Baladan, [240]
- Mesopotamia, [32], [94], [194]
- Mesopyrgion, [146], [148], [172], [201]
- Messerschmidt, [45]
- Metal stamp, [76]
- Mills, [260], [261]
- Mirage, [8]
- Mismakanna, [169]
- Moat-bridge, [180]
- Mongoose, [271]
- Mortar, [4], [247]
- Mossul, [110]
- Moulds, [28], [29]
- Mudshallibeh, [160]
- Mugwar, [162]
- Musical instruments, [284]
- Muss-Arnolt, [191]
- Musseyib, [10], [18], [108]
- Mutbak, [284]
- Mycenaean Period, [216]
- Myrina, [285]
- Nabalu, [12]
- Nabonidus, [80], [91], [166], [182], [203], [228], [300];
- Nabopolassar’s palace wall, [116]
- Nabû, [46], [54], [79], [136], [164], [231], [257]
- Nabubalatsuikbi, [79]
- Nagada, [256]
- Nana, gate of, [45]
- Na’ura, [19]
- Nebek tree, [168]
- Nebo, [193], [209], [269]
- Necklaces, [276]
- Necropolis, [182], [219]
- Nedjef, [183]
- Neo-Babylonian architecture, [242]
- Neriglissar, [51], [68], [79], [113], [125], [166], [171], [182], [192], [211]
- Niches, [104], [145], [204]
- Nil canal, [6]
- Nimitti-Bel, [32], [34], [44], [80], [138], [150], [152]–154, [168], [173], [181], [223], [312]
- Nineveh, [5], [327]
- Ninib, identification of, [279];
- Ninmach, [60], [61], [218];
- Ninus, [130]
- Nippur, [18], [19], [93], [216], [219], [295]
- Noah’s Ark, [18]
- Nusku, [193], [252]
- Oheimir, mound of, [14]
- Oil, [153]
- Omen-literature, [244]
- Onyx, [222], [233], [263], [265]
- Oppert’s excavations, [5]
- Ornaments, [34], [129], [264], [266]
- Ostrich eggs, [271]
- Ovens, [81]
- Oxen, pictures of, [44]
- Oyster-shell, [265]
- Pachyderm, [271]
- Palace, [71], [99], [113], [166], [169]
- Palaeolithic saws, [261]
- Palaestra, [307]
- Panpipe, [284]
- Papsukal, [118], [227], [233], [296]
- Parthian buildings, [49], [221]
- Passages, [63], [72]
- Pavements, [114], [115], [128], [146], [156], [170], [290], [300], [312]
- Paving-stones, [52], [53], [159], [166]
- Pedestals, [304]
- Peiser, [227]
- Pensilia, [100]
- Perde hangings, [164]
- Peribolos, [52], [53], [130], [187], [192]
- Peristyle, [215], [216], [295], [305], [307]
- Persepolis, [12], [89], [128], [129]
- Persian building, [129], [131], [136]
- Pestle and mortar, [259]
- Pigeons, [271]
- Pilasters, [154]
- Pillars, [216]
- Pithos, [254]
- Place, [94], [194]
- Plaster, [304]
- Plastic art, [29], [269], [270]
- Plough, hooked, [21]
- Polynesia, [264]
- Pompeii, mosaic of, [235]
- Poplar wood, [70], [116]
- Postament, [59], [64]
- Potsherds, [237]
- Pottery, [82], [252], [258], [273]
- Procession Street, [31], [44], [46], [54], [62], [68], [130], [137], [156], [170], [172], [174], [177], [182], [191], [196], [200], [242], [312]
- Proscenium, [304]
- Quarrying, [10], [25]
- Quay wall, [137]
- Rain, [19], [74]
- Ram, [257]
- Ramman, [46]
- Ramps, [63], [68], [112], [144], [201], [209], [212]
- Rathgen, [30]
- Reed straw, [31]
- Reeds, [70], [100], [114], [122], [136]
- Reliefs, [28], [29], [32], [41], [42], [158], [162], [169], [236], [263]
- Rhea, [195]
- Rhine, Binger Lock, [203]
- Ribaniš, [164]
- Ripley-cylinder, [191]
- Rising Sun, door of, [212]
- Rock-crystal, [221], [265]
- Roofs, [75], [99], [108], [169], [170], [195]
- Roman stone vaulting, [71]
- Rubbing-mill, [259], [260]
- Sachn, [15], [125], [183], [309]
- Šalḫû, [152], [153]
- Šamaš, [231]
- Samaua, [18]
- Samsuditana, [240], [291]
- Samsuiluna, [240], [291]
- Sandstone, [159]
- Sandstorms, [195], [196]
- Sarcophagi, [216], [219], [233], [275], [276]
- Sardanapalus, brick stamps of, [79], [187], [207], [215]
- Sargon, brick stamp of, [80]
- Sargonids, [256], [265]
- Sarîr, [211], [257]
- Sarrateia, [60]
- Sassanide fort, [10]
- Satyrs, [285]
- Saws, [261], [263]
- Sceptre of Life, House of the, [229]
- Scheil, [166], [327]
- Schöne, [26]
- Seal, [267], [268], [269]
- Sea-shell, [268]
- Sedde, [10], [11]
- Seleucia, town wall, [5]
- Seleucid Period, [212], [233], [327]
- Semiramis, [100], [130], [131]
- Sendjirli, [57], [165]
- Senkereh, [263]
- Sennacherib, [52], [53], [79], [141], [191], [222], [312]
- Serapis, [204]
- Serpent, figures of, [38], [45]
- Setting Sun, door of, [212]
- Shadu stone, [25], [26], [41]
- Shamash, [164], [269]
- Shamash-resh-ussur, [162]
- Shamash shumukin, [152]
- Sherds, glazed, [212]
- Shiddim, [192]
- Shields, [163], [164], [221]
- Shuruppak, [18], [219]
- Silver, [265]
- Sin, [164], [269]
- Sindjar, [2], [14]
- Sippar, [12]
- Sippar cylinder, [145]
- Sippara, [167]
- Sirrush, [38], [41], [46], [48]
- Sluice, [51]
- Smith, Etemenanki inscription of, [192], [210];
- Esagila tablet, [327]
- Spinning whorls, [258]
- Stamps, [62], [75], [88], [199], [309]
- Stelae, [162], [164], [166], [190]
- Stoa, [216]
- Stone carving, [29]
- Strabo, [97], [98], [108], [196], [309], [323]
- Stucco, [42]
- Šú-an-na-ki, [231]
- Suḫi canal, [164]
- Sukhi, [162]
- Sumer, [152]
- Surgul, [219], [220], [238], [239], [253], [261], [293]
- Susa, [127]
- Swords, [263]
- Syracuse, [196]
- Tablets, [61], [65], [100], [136], [223], [236], [244]–247, [291]
- Tambourine, [284]
- Tanagra, [285]
- Tasmit, [193]
- Tell Ibrahim, [14]
- Telloh, [220], [244], [293]
- Terraces, [156], [173]
- Terra-cotta, [64], [65], [102], [216], [218], [219], [234], [257], [277], [285], [309]
- Teshup, weather god, [164]
- Thureau-Dangin, [193]
- Tigris, [16], [108]
- Tiles, [28], [88], [104], [112]
- Tin-tir, [77]
- Tiryns, acropolis of, [87]
- Tomb robbers, [119]
- Towers, [1], [55], [110], [146], [150], [156], [171], [176], [180], [187], [201], [214], [296], [298]
- Trenches, [133], [136], [183]
- Trough coffins, [276]
- Troy, [87]
- Tu’mânu, [164]
- Turminabanda, [25], [26], [41], [50], [191]
- Tur-uš, [79]
- Ub-šu-ukkenna, [211]
- Uknû, [45]
- Uluburariaš, [2], [64]
- Ungnad, [227]
- Urash gate, [57], [200], [313]
- Urmit, [193]
- Usu-wood, [169]
- Vases, [248], [252], [259]
- Vaulted building, [93], [94], [95], [135]
- Vaulting, [93], [94], [99], [100], [104], [125]
- Venus, [163]
- Viper, horned, [48]
- Virgin, statue of, [196]
- Vitruvius, [128]
- Wages, [24]
- Walking serpent, [46]
- Warka, [244]
- Water course, [19], [50]
- Weber, [244]
- Weissbach, [54], [85], [164], [173], [232], [264]
- Well, [38], [91], [107], [136]
- Whorls, spinning, [257]
- Wigs, [216]
- Winckler, [51], [52], [61], [112], [145]
- Wristlets, [265]
- Wuswas, [244]
- Zakmuk, [211]
- Zamana, [194]
- Zarâti, [210], [257]
- Zarpanit, [210]
- Zeus, [194], [195], [212]
- Zeus Belus, [194]
- Zikurrat, [141], [186], [189], [193]–196, [210], [229], [294]