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];

they take the gigantic head for Nimrod, [22]-[24];