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Chaldæan,34,41.Assyrian,105,106,138-41.Persian,172,180.Jewish,224.Enamelled bricks,19,70,74,83,116-20,153,167-72,336.Enamelled statuettes in Phœnicia,278.Enio, the goddess,196.E-parra, Temple of,6.Ephod,230.Erech,2,48,125,309.Eridu,2.Eryx,247.E-saggil, Temple of,6,73,78.Esarhaddon,22,72,92.Eshmun, the god,245,246,268.Eshmunazar,257.Esther, Book of,140.E-ulbar, Temple of,7,22.Eunuchs,100,324.Euphrates,32.Euyuk,192.Ex votos,312,336.“Exaltation of the Flower,” bas-relief of,160.Ezekiel,119.E-zida, Temple of,6,73,78.Façade at Abu Shahrein,18.at Warka,18.on bas-relief from Assurbanipal’s palace,62.of temple of god Haldia,76,77.of Assyrian palaces,92,93.at Persepolis and Susa,156,157.Ferashbad,158Figurines in terra-cotta,—from Chaldæa,40,41.in Assyrian tombs,51from Khorsabad,121,122from Babylon,124,125.from Phœnicia and Cyprus,277-81.Fire-altars,173.Firuzabad,158,159.Flints, worked,303.Floral designs—on Babylonian tiles,19,118.Flowers, treatment of, in Assyrian sculpture,110.Fly-flaps,135,164,324.Fortress,—Assyrian representation of,110.Foundation-cylinder,21,22.Friezes,—from Susa,168-71.Fringes,—in Chaldæan drapery,28,36,37,41,202.in Assyrian drapery,105,106.in Elamite drapery,332.Frœhner, M., on the glass vase of Sargon,286.Furniture,—Chaldæan,43.Assyrian,134-6.of Jewish temple,223-7.Gabr-i-Madar-i-Soleiman,175.Gates,—of Assyrian fortresses,82-4.of Balawat,126,127.of Jewish Temple,215-17.Gaulois,243.Gaumates,179.Genesis,—on bricks at Babel,4.on the “Great City,”81.Genii,—on the “Caillou Michaux,”33.wear tiara with horns,36.on Chaldæan cylindrical seals,45.before temple of Haldia,77.on façades of Assyrian palaces,92-96.identified with cherubim,93,224.in Persia,161.animal’s feet and tail,317.Genseric,227.Gestures,—in Assyrian bas-reliefs,102,103.Chaldæan attitude of prayer,331,332.Ghiaur-Kalesi,199.Giants,307.Giganteja,243.Glass,283-8.vase of Sargon,285.transparent, invention of, by Phœnicians,283.opaque, origin of, in Egypt,284.manufacture of, at Tyre and Sidon,287.Glazed statuettes in Phœnicia,278.sandstone,314, head-dress,334.Glazed tiles,—in Chaldæa,19.in Assyria,116-20.in Persia,167-72.in Susa,314.Gold—disks as money,335.rings,335.studs,328,334.statuette,331.filigree,331.settings for gems,337.pendants,337.“Golden Gate” of Jewish Temple,217.Golgoi,242.Gophna,235.Gozo,243.Græco-Parthian kings,12.“Great City,” The,81.Greek—artists in Persia,148,160.influence in Cypriote art,272,273,276,281.influence in Jewish art,234,236.Griffin’s head,336.Gudea,309.palace of, at Tello,3,8-20.cones bearing name of,38.statues of,26-9.plan of fortress upon statue of,81.inscriptions upon statues of,112.Gypsum,53.Hadrian,249.Hadrumetum,268.Hæmatite,44,334.Hagiar Kim,224.Hair—shaved in Chaldæan statuettes,36.treatment of, in Assyrian sculpture,100.in Persian art,160,170.in Hittite art,188,190,193,194,196,200.in Phœnician art,262.in Cypriote art,270,273,274.treatment of, in Elamite art,329.shaved in Elamite statuettes,331.Haldia, the god,76,77.Hamath,185.Hammurabi,44,309,323.Hanbury, Col., Chaldæan sword belonging to,37.Haram esh-Sherif,211.Harbours of Carthage,250.of Tyre and Sidon,250.of Thapsus,252.of Utica,252.Hareem of Chaldæan palace,16.of Assyrian palace,69,70.of Solomon’s palace,232.Harness, Assyrian,141.Phœnician,277.Head-dress,—Chaldæan,23,26,28,40,41,321.of gods and genii,36,200,317.Assyrian,101,143.Median,146.Persian,170,179,181.Hittite,188,191,195,198,200.Cypriote,270,271,273.Hebron,232,233,234.“Heit-el-Maghreby,”213.Helmets, Assyrian,128.Heracles,274.Herod,208,209,210,211,212,214,223.Herodian masonry,212,213,215,216,232,234.Herodotus,—on use of bricks at Babylon,5.on temple of Bel at Babylon,73,74,77,78.on fortress of Ecbatana,74,75.on the royal city of Babylon,80.on figures of “Sesostris” in Ionia,112,201.on absence of temples and statues in Persia,172.on treatment of dead by Persians,175.on “persis,”179.Heuzey, M.,—on sculpture at Tello,23.on eagle and lion tablet,24.on “kaunakes,”32,41.on Assyrian statuettes,121.on statuette of the “Divine Mother,”124.on archaic school of art in Thessaly,160.Hezekiah,233.Hieroglyphs, Elamite,305.“High places,”231,239.Hinnom, valley of,205.Hiram,206.Hiram-Abi,226.Hit,5.Holy of Holies,222,224,225.Holy Place,222,224,226.Horn, bronze, discovered at Tello,37.Horns,—as ornaments of head-dress,23,26,36,200,317,321.of bronze statuette,35.bull’s, alabaster,336.Horses in Assyrian sculpture,108,141.Houses, Phœnician and Cypriote,247,248.Humann, M.,201.Humbaba,308.Hyrcanus, palace of,232.Iasili-Kaïa,191,193-8.Ibn Tûlûn, mosque of,174.Ibriz,200.Iconic statues,265,274.Idalion,259.Ilu, the god, 172 (note).“Immortals,” the,165,170.Inscriptions on figures on bas-reliefs,112.Ionia,112.Ionic capital,12,43,64.Iron,43,125.Istar, the goddess,49,124,125,188,202.Ivory,137,138,335.Izdubar,—on Chaldæan cylindrical seals,46,47.on Assyrian bas-reliefs,93.statuettes of,121,122.in Persian art,162.compared with colossus of Amathus,271.Jachin, columns so called,227.James, Saint, tomb of,234.Jasper,335.Jebel-Musa,230.Jehoshaphat, tomb of,234.Jerablus,185.Jerusalem,—extent of,205.glass vase found at,288.Jetty of Thapsus,252.Jewellery, Achæmenian,336.Jews in Assyrian sculpture,103.Jifneh,235.Joints, treatment of, in Chaldæan seal-engraving,45.Jonah, Book of, on size of Nineveh,81.Joshua, tomb of,235.Jotham,232.Jur,173,174.Justinian,227.Kadesh,185.Kalaba,199.Kalah Shergat,5,31,111.Karamles,51.Karibu-sa-Susinak,308.Kasr, mound of the,52.“Kaunakes,”32,41,42.Kebûr-el-Melûk,234.Kedron, valley of,205,212,221,232.Kerbela,50.Khan,—of palace at Tello,17.of palace at Khorsabad,69.Khorsabad,51,52,54,55,63,66-72,73,74,75,79,83,86,93,106,111,114,131,142,149,324.“Kirubi” identified with cherubim,93.combination of various elements in,95.modification of, in Persian art,183.Kis,317,326.“Klaft,”271.Kouyunjik,51,52,56,72,73,111.Kubbet es-Sakhra,208.Kudur,308.Kudurmapuk,36.Kudur-Nakhunta,309,310.Kudurru,309,311,325.Kurigalzu,21,309.Lachish,103,136.Lagas, 3 (note).Lapis-lazuli,142.Larnaca,270.Larsa,2,21.Layard, Sir A. H.,62,68,72,123,300.Leather, working in, among Assyrians,141.Lebanon,60,78.Limestone,23,52,153.Lion,304,307.head in gold filigree,331.Lioness in Assyrian bas-relief,107.Lions, winged,92,94.in Hittite art,186,187,189.in Assyrian art,107,108.Loftus, Mr.,3,10,18,21,40,114.Lotus,—in bas-reliefs,110.on ivory plaque from Assyria,137.columns imitating stalks of,11.on sculptured threshold,110.Louvre,26,303,313.Lozenge ornament in Chaldæa,19,45.Lulubi, people of,319.Lycian tombs, compared with Persian,177.Lydian method of building,149.“Maabed,”239-41.Maccabees, tomb of the,234.Temple, in time of the,210.Machicolations,82.Machpelah,233.Malta,244.Malthaiyah,187.Manasseh,209,232.Mandane, tomb of,175.Manistu-Irba,316.Marash,—lion at,186.basalt stela at,190.Marble,44.Marduk-nadin-akhi,33,34,41.Marginal drafting,—in Persian masonry,149.in Jewish masonry,213,232,234.Matting used in brickwork,5.to cover the roofs,15,242.M. de Morgan,301,et seq.on Naram-Sin,320,321.Mecca, mosque of,241.Medaïn Salih,235.Median art,146.Mehdia,260.Melisihu,325.Memnon,300.Menant,—on cylindrical seal of Sargon I.,47.on seals from Uruk,48.on representation of human sacrifices,49.Meshed-Murgab,147.Mesopotamia,—want of stone and timber in,3,4.quality of clay in,4,39.quantity of rain in,6.Metals in Assyria,125-34.Metellus Scipio,141.Michaux, the Caillou Michaux,33,34,325.“Mighzal,”254.Miletus,28.Minyeh,231.Moab,230,231.Models of houses from Cyprus,248.Money, probable use of metal disks,336.Monolith of Siloam,235.Moriah, Mount,205,206,207,208.Mortar used in Assyria,


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