318Ura-imitti, king of Nîsin,148; in List,318Urartians, I f.,265Urartu,265,269,275Urash, of Dilbat,142,159Urtaku, king of Elam,272Ushpia, founder of temple of Ashir,139;see alsoAushpiaUshshi, king of Third Dynasty,217; in List,320Usipara,211VAN, Lake, I,265Varuna, Aryan god,227Vassal-cities, Babylon's treatment of,143f.Vaulted building, at Babylon,46ff.;plan of,46Venus, observations of,106ff.,312Vestibules, to temples,64Virgo, constellation,310Virolleaud, Ch.,107Volutes, in Neo-Babylonian decoration,44Votaries, privileges of,186ff.; ofSun-god,128; at Ur,186,281Votive offerings,207WALL, Captain of the,32Walls, of Babylon,21ff.Warad-Ibari, Kassite,215Warad-Sin, king of Larsa,89f.,113,150ff,159; in List,319Warka,211Wâsit,9f.Water-supply, of palace,44f.,50Water-wheels,173f.Watzinger, Dr. C.,126Weather-god, Bull of,55Weber, Prof. Otto,210Wedge, of Nabû,79,297Weidner, E. F.,292Weights,195Weissbach, Prof. F. H.,24,151,242,265,286Wells, J.,5,7,21Wells, in palace,44f.,48; in temple,66Western Semites,3,12,201,315;in Babylonia,132ff.,142,102ff.;on the Khâbûr,120ff.; at Ashur,141;origin of,119f.; names of,142;aristocracy of,168f.; culture of,132f.Wetzel, F.,30,74Widows, rights of,185Windows, absence of,41f.,44Wife, position of,185f.Winckler, Hugo,97,210,219f.,227,234,236,238,241,245,278,291ff.,311Women, status of,185ff.Women's apartments, in palace,45Woolley, C. L.,127World-Ages,302,311,313XERXES I., king of Persia,41,280in List,321Xerxes II., king of Persia,321Xisuthros,308YAHWE,62,307Yale Babylonian Collection,94f.,156,254Yasili Kaya,228Year, naming of the,190"Z.," temple known as,68f.,84;plan of,68; restoration of,69;position in plan,23Zabâia, king of Larsa,89f.,135; in List,318Zabilum,155Zahshali,136Zabuin, king of First Dynasty,149, in Lists,310f.Zabzallat,243Zagros, Gates of,5Zakar,147Zakar-dada,153Zakku-igitlim,180Zakku-Isharlim.130Zamama,148,145; Court (or Terrace)of,80;seeE-mete-ursagZamama-shum-iddin, king of Third Dynasty,244f.; in List,320Zambia, king of Nîsin,150; in List,319Zamua,259Zanki,255Zarkhanum,208Zebu, or humped oxen,175,202f.Zedekiah, king of Judah,277Zerubbabel,313Zeus,72,305Zeus Belus,38Zîatum, scribe,93Ziggurats,74;seeTemple-towersZilakum, city,207Zilakum Canal,207Zimmern, Prof. H.,290Zodiac, signs of the,310ff.Zuliya, Mitannian name,139[...-akh]ê-iddina, possibly king of Eighth Dynasty,259[....]-[Bu]riash, king of Third Dynasty,242; in List,320