the fatal, in case of Assur-Dan III,307-309E'DOM. Worship of Hadad extended from Carchemish to,189E-GIG-UN-NÛ. 'House of the Tomb';the temple-tower of Nippur,362EGYPT. Semitic immigrants in,15;conquered by Semiramis,26;Esar-haddon wars with,31;Nebuchadrezzar invades,37;cult of Ishtar in,124;Semitic religion in,331;excavations in,339E-KUR. The temple of,248,253;temples of E-Sagila and,249E'LAM-ITES. Northern Mesopotamia and, overcome by Sargon,17;yoke of, thrown off by Khammurabi,20;name of Khumbaba argues enmity between Babylon and,166;Assur-bani-pal and gods of the,204;votive object from,248EL-BUGÂT. Feast of,134EL-IS'SA. Dido confounded with,190Elôhim. Term employed in Genesis,327EN-KI. Variant of Ea,116EN-LIL. The god,14;temple of, unearthed,47;Merodach and,84;earlier name of Bel,95-97;a god of vegetation,96;symbol of winged bull represents,97;wordlilsignifies a 'demon,'97;Beltis (Nin-lil), wife of,101;Hadad resembled,188;Ramman, son of,221;temple of E-Kur sacred to,248EN-MASH'TI. Name of Ninib translated by Canaanites as,326E'NOCH, BOOK OF. Quoted,294E'NOS. Son of Seth,232EPH'ES-US. Patroness of, and Diana,235EP-I-PHA'NI-US. His allegationsreNimrod,49ER'ECH. Part of Nimrod's kingdom,49;temple of,82;Dibarra plunders,106-109;centre of Ishtar's cult,124;Gilgamesh, prince of,154;temple of Ishtar at,248ER'ESH-KI-GAL(Allatu). The mistress of Hades,129ER-I-DU. Babylonian civilization grouped round,14;the home of Ea, or Oannes, the god of light and wisdom,14;Ur a near neighbour of,15;culture of, and Babylon,15;'magical' hymns emanated from,68;worshippers of Ea at,72;temple of Ea at,111;the deluge and,116;supremacy of, passes to Babylon,199;Merodach originated at,200E-SAG-I'LA. Nabonidus and the priests of,41;Nebo's shrine, E-Zila, in temple of,185;name of Merodach's temple at Babylon,200;temples of E-Kur and,249;temple of,250,368,374,375E-SAGILA. Tower in Babylon,47,374,375E'SAR-HAD'DON. Son of Sennacherib,31;Assur-bani-pal succeeded, as King of Assyria,34;Ishtar and,212;'the most likeable' of the Assyrian kings,306,307;palace built by, unearthed by Layard,343ESHMÛN. The god of force and healing,328,330ESHMUN-MEL'KARTH. Phœnician combination,328ES'THER. Ishtar and,124,140-144;Book of, why written,141;equivalent, Ishtar,142;Lang, on story of,142,143;Xerxes and,143;variant, Hadassah,143;Dr Jastrow on Book of,143ET-A'NA. The legend of,195ETHICS. Babylonian and Assyrian,337,338ETHNOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES. Between the peoples of the northern and southern culture-groups,203EUPHRATES,1. River,177,368,369;2. Bridge,375EUPH-RA'TES-TIG'RIS. Valley;civilization of, influenced Semitic field,92EU-SE'BI-US. Sanchuniathon, Philo, and,329EXCAVATION-S. Modern, in Babylonia and Assyria,339-366;in Egypt,339;map relating to, in Babylonia and Assyria,341;at Nineveh by George Smith,347-354;at Kouyunjik by Rassam,354,355;of de Sarzec at Tellô,355,356;Babylonian Exploration Fund instituted in America,356-366;under control of the University of Pennsylvania,360-366;recent, by German Oriental Society,367-377E-ZI'DA.1. Temple of Nabu at,250;discovered by Rawlinson346;2. Great tower of Nabu,375E-ZILA. 'The firm house'; Nebo's shrine in temple of E-Sagila,185FFABLE. A Babylonian,rethe eagle,296-298FATE-S. The great gods Annunaki decree,173;the Chamber of,185,252,253FATHER-SKY. Of primitive mythologies,196FEAST-S. The Jewish, of Purim,140;Babylonian,251,252FESTIVAL-S. Of Adonis,135;of the Sacæa or Zakmuk,141;New Year; Nebo and,185;Babylonian;Zag-muku, sacred to Bau,251,252;Scottish-Celtic, of Beltane,317.FIELD. An expert Assyriologist,358FIRE-GOD. Gibil, the,225FIRE-WORSHIP. The central feature of Zoroastrian ritual,335FISHER, MR. Architect in American exploration campaign,360FLOOD.SeeDeluge.FRA-VASH'I. Guardian spirit of the Persians,336FRAZER, SIR JAMES. On the Greek way of representing Ashurbanapal (i.e.Sardanapalus),32;on the real and the mock Sardanapalus,34;Tammuz, and hisGolden Bough,134;Ishtar and,137;feast of Purim and,140;on Vashti,143FRESNEL. French exploration expedition and,347GGARDENS, HANGING. Of Babylon,371GAR'MUS. King of Babylon;romance of Sinonis and,56-60;Rhodanes and,56-60GATHAS. The most ancient part of the Avesta,333GA-TUM-DUG. Goddess; allied form of Bau,145GA'ZA. Temple of Dagon at,151GAZELLE. Goat and, gods,292-294GEM'I-NI, SIGN. Gilgamesh and Eabani some relation to the,182GENESIS, BOOK OF. Reference to,reNimrod,49;creation story in,70,289;Abbé Loisy and,322,323;termelohimin,327GERMANY. Goat-demon adored in,293GHOSTS. Assyrian,277,278GI'BI. Prayer and the god,68GIB'IL. The god of fire;Nusku and,225GILGAMESH. Hero;Nimrod identified with,50,156;epic; goddess Aruru figures in,86;prince of Erech,154-183;provisional nameGisdhubar, orIzdubar,156;Shamash and,156;birth of, related by Ælian,156;Rimatbelit, mother of,158;shade of Eabani appears to,160;Ishtar's love for,167,168;mourning the loss of Eabani,170;his quest for the secret of perpetual life,170-173;his ancestor, Ut-Napishtim,170;Sin delivers,170;seeks from Ut-Napishtim the secret of perpetual life,173-180;Adad-Ea and,178,179GIL-GA'MESH EPIC, THE. Account of deluge in, reference to,42;one of the greatest literary productions of ancient Babylonia,154-183;Ishtar in,213GIR'SU. Beltis' sanctuary at,101GIS-DHU'BARorIZDU'BAR. Gilgamesh's provisional name,156GISH-ZI'DA. One of the guardians of the gates of heaven,118GOATS. Gazelle and, gods,292-294GOD-S. Ea, or Oannes,14,25,72,73,76,79,86,87,93,94,102,111-116,216,229;En-lil,14,47,84,95-97,101;Babylonian kings the direct vice-regents of the, on earth,17;Babylonian, Merodach,41,47,50,68,76-82,81,84,86,93,94,103,106,184-198,199-202;Bel, Babylonian sun-,41,196,197;the birth of the,71-87;Tiawath, Apsu, and Mummu, a trinity of,74;Horus, reference to,75;Kingu; Tiawath and,75;Merodach, the creator of the,82;Semites and,89;spirits and, in ancient Babylonia,89-91;Anu, most ancient of Babylonian,90,121-123,197,198,217;invoked by Assyrian kings,90;Kis, the sun-,93,294;under animal forms,92,93;the great,93-153;Sin, moon-,94,109,128,170,325;tribal divinities,94;pantheon that held sway prior to Khammurabi,94,95;description of Bel,96;a trinity of (Bel, Ea, and Anu),97;Sibi,108;Shamash, the sun-,41,94,109,187,222,223,325;Nergal,82,94,105,106,151,180,235,326,328,329;Adapa,116-121;Ishtar,123-144;Tammuz, sun-god of Eridu,126-144;Ishtar and Persephone,131-135;Nin-Girsu,144;Bau,144;Pap-sukal, messenger of the,130;Ga-tum-dug,145;Nannar, the moon-god of Ur,145-149;Dagon, a fish-,151,152,216,217,325;Nirig, or Enu-Res-tu,153;Gilgamesh, a sun-,157;Eabani, a sun-,159;Later Pantheon of Babylonia,184-198;Nebo,184-186,326;Ramman,187-189,195,217-222,325;Hadad or Adad,187-191,325;Baal, a sun-,189,327,328;Dáda, Dido, Dodo,189-191;Zu, a storm-,193-195;Merodach originally a sun-,199;the great, of Assyria,205-229;Asshur,94,124,206-211;Nin-ib, war-god and hunter-,214-216,326;the moon-,94,109,128,170,180,223,224;Nusku,224,225;Gibil, the fire-,225;Bel-Merodach,225;prisoner-,225,226;Belit alluded to as 'Mother of the Great —',228;procession of—seeillustration,230;ideograph the same for 'star' and,234;planets identified with,235;Nabu and Merodach,228;Dibbarra,229;Damku and Sharru-Ilu,229;many Babylonian, evolved from demons,268;gazelle- and goat-,292-294;Hellenic departmental,315;departmental characteristics of the, of Babylonia and Assyria,315,316;general equivalent, 'el,' used by Canaanites and Hebrews,325,326;of light—Uru,325;of the Phœnicians,327-329;Resheph, a Canaanite,326,328;Melkarth of Tyre,327;Ashtart,326,327,330;Eshmun, god of vital force,328;Moloch,328;Carthaginian Moloch,330;Patechus, a monster,330;Illat,330;Sakon,330;Tsaphon,330;of Babylon more dignified than those of the Greeks or Norsemen,338;the Twilight of the,377-380GODDESS-ES. Ishtar,28,94,101,106,107,111,123-144,158,165-168,176,211-214,326;'Ishtar' a generic designation for,124;Nanâ and Anunit,124;Samkhat — of joy,131;Cybele, the mother-,132;Bau, 'mother of Lagash,'144,145;Ga-tum-dug, allied form of Bau,14;Azalu,149-151;Sabitu, a sea-,172;Ealur, amalgamated with Zarpanitum,186;Innana or Ninni,187;Dawkina,197;worship of great mother,318,319;Tanith,328;Ashtart,326,327,328;Isis (Astarte),328;Tanit, the moon,330;Rabbat Umma,330;Tanit,330GRAIN-GOD. Nebo as,186GREECE. Cult of Ishtar in,124GREEKS. Babylonia ruled over by,378GROTEFEND, GEORG. Cuneiform writing and,62-64GU-BARR'A. Prayer and god,68GU-DE'A. A vassal of the throne of Dungi,19;high-priest of Lagash,19;his building and architectural ability,19,247;diorite statues of, found by de Sarzec,47;Bau alluded to in ancient inscriptions of,144;worship of Innana by,187;Nin-girsu favourite of,251;hepatoscopy and,283;de Sarzec and,355GU'LA. Consort of Ninib,216GY'GES. King of Lydia;Assur-bani-pal and,302,303;George Smith's discoveriesre,352HHABB'AC-UC. A prophet; sent to feed Daniel,100HA'DADorADAD. Ramman or Rimmon identified with,187-191;resemblances between Dáda, Dido, David and,189-191;the supreme Baal,189;a Canaanitish god,325HA'DAD-NA'DIN-AKHI. Placed on throne of Babylon by Assur-nazir-pal,23;kills the Assyrian monarch, Bel-kudur-uzur,23HAD-ASS'AH. Variant of Esther,143HA'DES. Descent of Ishtar into,125,126,128-131;Eresh-ki-gal (Allatu), mistress of,129HAL'LA-BI. Innana's temple at,187HAM'AN. The Book of Esther and,141;accepted identity with Humman or Homman,142HAMMURABI. Dynasty,325HAN'NI-BAL. Carthaginian hero,330,332;Baal's name in,330HA-O'MA. Deposited on the celestial mountain,335HAR-AN'. Abram's youngest brother,