valuable find of small articles in a chamber at, in the palace of Sennacherib, [34].

Kurds, nomadic tribes of, [8].

L.

Lamech, fifth descendant of Cain, [129].

Larissa, ruins of ancient Calah, seen by Xenophon, [3].

[Larsam] (now Senkereh), city of Shumir, [215].

Layard meets Botta at Mossul in 1842, [17];

undertakes the exploration of Nimrud, [17]-[18];

his work and life in the East, [19]-[32];

discovers the Royal Library at Nineveh (Koyunjik), [100].