INDEXAAa or Â. Consort of Shamash,110ABED'NEGO. One of Daniel's companions,38AB'RAM. Ur, city of,15,145,249;Nimrod and,51-56;Jewish legendsre,51,52;Persian traditionsre,52,53;another traditionre, preserved in the East,53-56;star Venus and,55AB'U-HABB'AH. The ancient site of Sippar,177ABYDENUS. Statement of,reEa,112ABYSS, THE. Paradise and,82ACCA'D. Part of Nimrod's kingdom,49ACHÆMENIDÆ. Cyaxares' son dethroned by,333A'DAD. Equivalent, Hadad,187-191A'DAD-EA. Ut-Napishtim's ferry-man,172;Gilgamesh consults,172;Ut-Napishtim, Gilgamesh and,178A'DAD-NARARI IV. Son of Assur-Dan III,308ADAM. The sons of,232AD'APA. The South Wind and, story of,116-121AD'AR. Sun-god of Nippur;Hymn to,68;connected with the pig,93,294AD'NA. Wife of Azar;according to an Eastern tradition the parents of Abram,54AD-ÔNIS. Smyrna, mother of, reference to,127;myth of related to that of Tammuz,131AEDORACHUS. Of Pantibiblon, reference to,112ÆLIAN. Of Gilgamos (Gilgamesh);grandson of Sokkaros,157AF-AN-AS-I'EF. On vampires,266AFRICA,329;Semitic religion in,331A'HAB. King of Israel, overthrown by Shalmaneser II,24A'HI-MI-TI. Sargon displaces Azuri by,210AH'RI-MAN. Mazda and Sraosha overcome,337AHURA MAZDA. Good principle of Zarathustra's religion,334;creator of the universe,335A-I'BU. The serpent,289AKK'AD. Kingdom founded by Semites,16;King Sargon of, founds first great Semitic empire in Babylonia,16AKK-AD'IANS. Description of,13-16;language,13,14;Babylonian Semites receive germs of culture from the,14;modern equivalent for the older, is the expression 'Sumerian,'15;stars studied by,231AKK'U-LU(Eater). Attendant hound of Merodach,202A-LAL'U. The eagle;Ishtar and,167ALEXANDER THE GREAT,378'ALL'AH.' Modern Arabic name,325ALL-A-TU. Equivalent, Eresh-ki-gal, mistress of Hades,129;realms of,237Al-ô-nim. Descriptive term of Phœnicians for their gods,327ALTAR-S. Of Dodo, and of Yahveh,190,191A'LU. Bull, sent by Anu against Gilgamesh,168,169AL'U-DEMON. The,271,277A-MAR'UDUK. The name Merodach, originally,202AM'EN-HET'EP IV. King of Egypt;letters to, unearthed at Tel-el-Amarna,22AMORITE-S. Hadad, a god of the,188;deity, Dagon an,352AN'A-TU. The consort of Anu,123;mother of Ishtar,168ANCESTOR-WORSHIP. The Canaanites and,326ANDRAE, Dr. A German explorer,356ANIMALS. Babylonian gods having form of,92,93;mythological monsters and, of Chaldea,289-298;the dog,290-292;the pig,294ANIMISTIC. Babylonian religion typically,317,319AN-NE-DA'TUS. Appears from Eruthrean Sea,112Ann'-u-na-ki,THE. Generic name for the gods of the earth,82,130;spirits of earth,90;decree fate,173;torches carried by,175AN'SAR. God;birth of,71;Tiawath and,76AN'SHAR. Variant of Asshur;created with Kishar,208;Anu, Ea, and Merodach sent to destroy Tiawath,208AN'U. God of the sky;son of Ansar and Kisar,72;Ansar and,76;Merodach and,79;most ancient of Babylonian deities,90;held sway over Erech and Der,94;temple of,102;South Wind and,117-121;En-lil, Ea and, the universal triad,121;significance,121-123;Anatu, the consort of,123;Bau and,144;sacred bull sent against Gilgamesh by,158;father of Ishtar,168;Hadad worshipped with, at Asshur,188;the Tablets of Destiny and,195;in a triad with Ea and Bel, but more frequently in the texts apart from them,197,198;Dagan and,198;in Assyria—in Babylon,217;invoked with Bel,227;the Pole Star,236;eclipses and,255ANU'NIT. Lesser goddess, merged in conception of Ishtar,124APH-RO-DI'TÉ. Ishtar and cult, of,124;Ishtar and, connected,235APOCRYPHA. Legend of Bel and the Dragon in,97APOLLO. Temple to, at Carthage,330APOLLODORUS. Statement of,reEa,112Ap'su. The deep, or 'house of knowledge,'72;alternative, Zigarun;mother of Ea,72,73,74;the primeval,193AQUARIUS, SIGN OF. The deluge story and,183ARABIA. Semites believed to have come from,15,16;Naram-Sin penetrates,17;Semitic religion in,331AR-AKH'TU. Nabopolasser and the channel called the,368AR-A-LÛ.1. The underworld,125;128-131,171.2. Goddess;variant, Eres-ki-gal;Nergal and,150AR-BE'LA. Ishtar's shrine in,212;battle of,378ARCHÆOLOGY. Babylonian,46,47;Chaldean,339-366;American interest in Babylonian,356-366;fashionable about the time of Nabonidus (556-539 B.C.),363ARES. Greek god,315AR'GO. Ea identified with a star in the constellation,236ARK. The Babylonian,174-178AR-TA'IOS. Median monarch;Nannar confounded with,146ARTEMIS. Reference to,132ART-S. Babylonian;gem-cutting, etc.,17;Babylonian literature and, under Khammurabi the Great,20;all the, under Ea's patronage,192A-RU'-RU. Goddess who aided the formation of man,82,86,123;creates a champion against Gilgamesh,162AR'Y-AN. Race;the Philistines of,324AS-A'RI. Appellation of Merodach,202;may be compared with Asar (Osiris),202ASH'DOD. Temple of Dagon at,151;Sargon's expedition against,210,211,350ASH'TARTorISH'TAR. Worshipped in Carthage,327,330ASH'TER-OTHorAS-TAR'TE. Ishtar known to Canaanites, Phœnicians, and Greeks as,124,319,326;the Aphrodite of the Greeks,131;Phœnician god,328ASHURBAN'APAL.SeeAssur-bani-pal.A-SHU'SHU-NA'MIR. Created by Ea,130ASIA. Submitted to Ninus,25;Tiglath-pileser III invested with sovereignty of,30;Belit and Asshur in pantheon of,228ASIA MINOR. Greek colonies in,235,236;peopled by diverse races,324;worship of Ashtart in,328A'si-pû. The wizards,260;273,274AS'KE-LON. Temple of Ashtart (Ishtar) at,327ASSH'UR.1. City;site of, explored by the German expedition of 1899,47;residence of god Asshur,207;Bel's temple in,227.2. God;identified with Merodach,94;Ishtar, consort of,125;religion of Assyria centres in,206-211;etymology of name,208;variant, Anshar,208;mentioned in inscription of Samsi-Ramman,208;Sargon and the conquering power of,210,211;Ishtar and,214;Bel-Merodach placed after, in the Assyrian Pantheon,225,377;prisoner-gods and,226;Belit and,227ASSUR-BAN'I-PAL. King of Assyria;Greek equivalent, Sardanapalus,32;historic reality,33;death of,33;succeeded Esar-haddon,34;Samus-sum-yukin, brother of,34;his death,35;his library at Nineveh,35,46,71,261,282,346;patron of literature,154;Sin and,224;Belit and,227,228;capture of twenty gods of the Elamites by,204;tablets dealing with magic in library of,261;the five hounds of,290,291;autobiography of,301-306;palace of, discovered by Rawlinson,346;fragment of history of, discovered by George Smith,352;tablets of,354;zikkurat of,365ASS'UR-DAN III. The fatal eclipse and,307-309ASSUR-NAZ'IR-PAL. Son of Tuk-ul-ti-in-Aristi,23;places Hadad-nadin-akhi on throne of Babylon,23;Ishtar and,214;Ninib, and,214,216;Calah residence of,215;Shamash and,223;Sin and,223;sculptures glorifying,343;dedications of, unearthed,351ASSUR-NAZ'IR-PAL III. King of Assyria, reference to his reign,23ASS'UR-RI-SHI'-SHI'. Ninib and,214ASS'UR-YU-BALL'IDH. The Kassite king of Babylonia marries daughter of,22ASSYRIA-NS. Race origin,12;Hittite and Amorite elements intermingled with,12,13;land boundaries, the Tigris and Euphrates,12;the Akkadians and,13;Tiglath-pileser, King of,23;Semiramis the Great, Queen of,24-29;Assur-bani-pal desired to make the centre of religious influence of the empire,35;Scythians penetrate into,36;Sin-sar-iskin, last King of,36;cuneiform writing of,60-66;religion, Semitic influence on,91,92;the Pantheon of,203-230;religion of, centres in Asshur,206;greatness;secret of,208,209;Ishtar in,211-214;worship of Ramman in,220;Shammash's cult in,222,223;Bel-Merodach and,225;cult of Nabu in,228;temples of,242-251;culture;progenitors of,250;magic and demonology,257-288;belief in taboo,278;religions of Babylonia and, comparative value of,313-337;religion of Zoroaster supplanted that of ancient,332;ethics,337,338;modern excavations in,339-366;empire, fall of, in 606 B.C.,377ASTROLOGY. Birthplace of,231ATARATH. Thearel(or altar) of Dodo carried from,190ATARGA'TUS. God; Dagon worshipped as,27ATARYAT'IS. Alternative, Derketo. Fish-goddess, legendary mother of Semiramis,25ATHENAG'ORAS. Refers to worship of Semiramis,27ATHENS. Piræus, port of,328AT'TIS. A god akin to Adonis,132AU'RA MA-I-NYU. Evil principle of Zarathustra's religion,334A-VERR'-O-ES. Friend of Maimonides,232AVESTA. Earliest form of Zoroaster's name in the,333A'YA. The betrothed of Sham-ash,166AZ'AR. One of Nimrod's guards; traditional father of Abram,54AZ'TECS. Reverence of, for worship of Toltecs,226,227AZ-U-RI, King. Sargon displaces, by Ahimiti,210BBAAL. Sun-god;Hadad the supreme,189;magic and,258;Phœnician god,327;Tanit alluded to as 'The Countenance of —,'330'BA'AL.'Canaanitish god,325;term applied by Phœnicians,327BAAL-AMM'ONorMO'LOCH.SeeMolochBA'AL-HAMM'AN. Phœnician god worshipped in Carthage,327Ba'alim. Presiding spirits,326;of Tyre, the Phœnicians and,327BA'BEL. The Tower of,48;Hebrew verbbabalconfused with wordbabel,48;story of Tower of, suggested by one of the towers of Babylon;the beginning of Nimrod's kingdom was,49BÂBIL. Mound and enclosure of103,347;as a citadel,368BA'BU. Esar-haddon, restorer of,306BABYLON-IA-N. Racial origin,12;mother of astrology and magic,12;land boundaries, the Tigris and Euphrates,12;the Akkadians and,13;Semites—receive germs of culture from Akkadians,14;language,14;civilization,14;offshoot of culture of Eridu,15;first founders,15;Semite conquerors enter,15,16;first great Semitic empire in, founded by Sargon of Akkad,16;Syria and Palestine welded with, by Sargon,17;kings, vicegerents of the gods,17;art; gem-cutting, etc.,17;communication between island of Cyprus and,18;fall of 'First Dynasty of —',21;Burna-buryas, King of,22;Tukulti-in-Aristi takes, and slays King Bitilyasu,22;built by Semiramis,26;finally conquered by Tiglath-pileser III,30;surrender of, through starvation,34;literature; Assur-bani-pal and,35;Nebuchadrezzar leads Jews into captivity in,37;Kings; Nabonidus, last of,40;independence of, recovered after death of Darius,41;Persians conquer,41;destruction of,41;Seleucia built out of ruins of,42;archæology,46,47;legend of confusion of tongues and towers of,47;E-Sagila, tower of,47;built by Nimrod,50;cuneiform writing of,60-66;cosmogony,70-87;religion, early,88-153;spirits and gods in ancient,89-153;religion, Semitic influence on,91,92;religion, signs of totemism in,92;the Pantheon—Early,94,95;Later,184-198;Nippur preferred to,196;the country of Bel,225;star-worship in,231-238;temples of,242-251;magic and demonology,257-288;belief in taboo,278;conquered by Shalmaneser I,308;religions of Assyria and, comparative value,313-336, etc.;captivity,321;religion, penetrated to Britain,331;the religion of Zoroaster supplanted that of ancient,332;ethics,337,338;myth, compared with Hellenic and Scandinavian,338;moral code,338;modern excavations in,339-366;the, of Nebuchadrezzar II,367;water supply of,368;hanging gardens of,371;the elder,375,376;national status of, regained,377;religion, decay of,378,379Bab-y-lon'ic-a. A work by Iamblichus, containing fragments of Babylonian history,56;reference to an epitome of the, by Photius,56BANKS. Temples as,250,251BAPHOMET. Name of pagan idol,293BARBARO, JOSAPHAT. Cuneiform writing and,61BAR-SA'NES. King of Armenia,25Barû. The seers,260BAS'RA. Layard sends sculptures to,344;Ernest de Sarzec, French vice-consul at,355BAS-RELIEF-S. Found in palace of Sennacherib at Kouyunjik,345;found in palace of Assur-bani-pal,346BAU. Goddess;