Apsu (the Abyss), [264].
[Arali], or Arallu, the Land of the Dead, [157];
its connection with the Sacred Mountain, [276].
Arallu, see [Arali.]
Aram, a son of Shem, eponymous ancestor of the Aramæans in Gen. x., [131].
Arabs, their conquest and prosperous rule in Mesopotamia, [5];
Baghdad, their capital, [5];
nomads in Mesopotamia, [8];
their superstitious horror of the ruins and sculptures, [11];