52HAR' RAN. A centre of lunar adoration,250,283HAS'DRU-BAL. Carthaginian hero; Baal's name in,330HAUG, DR.Translator of the Gāthās,333HAYNES. Excavations of, at Nippur,360-366HAYNES, MR J.H. Sent in 1889 to excavate at Nippur,47HEAVEN. TheIgigithe spirits of,90HEBREW-S.1. Symbol; the serpent the, for mischief,285;2. Religion; Babylonian influence upon,321,322HE-PAT-OS'CO-PY. Ritual and practice of,282-288HER'AC-LES. Melkarth equated with,328HER'CU-LES. Reference to,87HER-O'DOT-US. Statements of,reSemiramis,28;account of,retemple of Bel,101,103;marriage customs in Babylonia described by,312;reference to,367,374HEZ-EK-I AH. King of Judah,30,37;Sennacherib's campaign against,30;praise of, sung by Byron in hisHebrew Melodies,30HI-ER-A'POL-IS. Memorials of Semiramis preserved at,27HILPRECHT, PROFESSOR. An expert Assyriologist,345,357,360-363HINKS, REV. EDWARD. Language found at Persepolis deciphered by,65HO'RUS. The Egyptian god of light; Tiawath reminds of,75'HOUSE OF NO RETURN.'Equivalent, Hades,126HUITZILOPOCHTLI(pron.Hweet-zil-o-potch-tlee). Reference to,144HUR-AK-ÂN. The storm-god alluded to in thePopol Vuh,97HYMN-S. To Adar,68;to Nebo,69;to Nusku,69;'magical,' emanated from Eridu,68;Akkadian, in which Tammuz is addressed,126;of Khammurabi,219;to Ramman,220II-AM'BLI-CHUS. Author of aBabylonica,56IDOLATRY. Legendreorigin of,232;Laban's images,266-268IG'I-GI, THE. Spirits of heaven,90IK-SU'DA(Grasper). Attendant hound of Merodach,202IL-A-BRAT. Minister of Anu,117ILL'AT. Carthaginian deity,330IL-TE'HU(Holder). Attendant hound of Merodach,202IMAGE-S. Stars and,233IM-GÛR-BEL. City of,354'INCANTATION OF ERIDU.'The ceremony of the,270INDIA-NS. Semiramis makes war on Strabrobates, King of,26,27;followers of Zarathustra fled to; descendants, the Parsis of,334;Araucanian, of Chile,336IN'ESH. The pilot of Eridu,115IN'MAR-MA'ON. City of,108INSCRIPTION-S. Of Shalmaneser I,351;of Tukulti-ninip,351IR'KAL-LA. The abode of;the house of darkness,128,169IR'NI-NA. A form of Ishtar,165IS-AI'AH.Jerusalem described by,191;reference to Sargon's expedition against Ashdod mentioned by,350ISH'NU, Ura's counsellor,269ISH'TAR. Goddess;fame of Semiramis mingled with that of the,28;goddess of Nineveh,94,212;court of Zamama and,101;witnesses plunder of Erech by Dibarra,106,107;both male and female,111;significance,123-144;generic designation for goddess,124;equivalents, Ashteroth or Astarte,124,327;cult of Aphrodite began in that of,124;Esther and,124,140-144;identified with Venus,124,235;identified with Nin-lil,124;the consort of Asshur,125;descent into Hades of,125-126;war-goddess,127,213,214;consort of Tammuz,127;consort of Merodach and Assur,127;identified with Dawkina,137;a goddess of vegetation,137,138;slays Eabani,158;Ir-nina a form of,165;love of, for Gilgamesh,167,168;Anu father of,168;Anatu mother of,168;Lady of 'the Gods,'176;Assyrians and,211-214;Assur-nazir-pal and,214;confusion between Belit and,228;Aphrodite and, connected,235;sixth month sacred to,236;temple of E-anna dedicated to,250;magic and,258;variant, Ashtart,326,327,330;great gate of, discovered by Dr Koldewey,372ISH'UM. Attendant of Dibarra,106-108I'SIS. Osiris and,133;journey to, as Astarte,328ISRAELITES. Worship of Dodo, or Dod, by the side of Yahveh, by the,190I'YAR. The second month, sacred to Ea,236IZ-DU'BARorGISDHUBAR. Provisional name of Gilgamesh,156JJA'COB. Laban and,267JE-HO'IA-KIM. King of Jerusalem; Nebuchadrezzar puts to death,37JE'HU. Son of Omri (sic);obelisk of Shalmaneser and,343JEN'SEN. View of,reHamon,142,143;explanation of,reNinib,216JERUSALEM. Reference to deliverance of, from Sennacherib,30;King Nebuchadrezzar wars against,37;Isaiah describes,191JEW-S. Nebuchadrezzar leads into captivity,37;feast of Purim and,140;Mordecai name of a real,143JEWISH. Religion;Babylonian influence on,319-329JO'NAH. Story of, and supposed allusion to Babylonian cosmology,86;Tiawath and the 'fish' of,87JOP'PA. Place,86JUDAISM. Initiated by the Semitic race,313JU'PIT-ER. The planet;represented Merodach,202,235;controlled stars under name Nibir,235;the 'Planet of the Bull of Light,'290KKAA'BA(Temple). The celebrated, at Mecca,52KAN'DIS. A Kassite dynasty founded by,21Kas'sa-puorKas'sap-tu. Names by which the wizard and the witch were known,261KASS'ITE. Dynasty;founded by Kandis,21;King of Babylonia marries daughter of Assur-yuballidh of Assyria,22;dynasty, reference to,248;rulers and temple at Nippur,248;votive objects found by Dr Peters,358,359,364,365KHAM-MUR-A'BI THE GREAT.Most famous name in Babylonian history,20;art and literature blossomed under care of,20;is to be regarded as the Babylonian Alfred,21;pantheon that held sway prior to,94;worship of Merodach and,184;Nebo, Tashmit, and,186;Shamash and,187;goddess Innana or Ninni and,187;age of, fertile in writers,192;Hymn of—Ramman and Shamash appealed to in,219;builder of sanctuaries,247;city of, discovered,376KHARSAG-KURKURA. 'Mountain of the World,'362KHI-KHI. Mountain of,108KHOR'SA-BAD. City;residence of Asshur,207;M. Botta and mounds of,339;Victor Place's work at,340KHUM'BA-BA. Monster, overcome by Gilgamesh and Eabani,158,160,166,167KHUR'SAG KUR'KUR-A. The birthplace of the gods,242KID'MU-RU. Ishtar's shrine in,212KING, PROFESSOR,371,376KING-S. Of Babylonia and Assyria—Sargon of Akkad,16-21,47,210,211,340,350,352;'of the Four Zones'—Naram-Sin,17;of Ur—Dungi,19;of Lagash—Gudea,19;of Babylonia—Khammurabi the Great,20,21,109;of Babylonia (Kassite dynasty)—Kandis,21;of Egypt—Amen-hetep IV,22;of Babylonia—Burna-buryas,22;of Assyria—Shalmaneser I,22,351;of Assyria—Tukulti-in-Aristi,22;of Babylon—Bitilyasu,22;of Babylon—Hadad-nadin-akhi,23;of Assyria—Bel-kudur-uzur,23;of Assyria—Tiglath-pileser I,23,346;of Assyria—Assur-nazir-pal III,23,214-216,223,343,351;of Assyria—Shalmaneser II,24,343,351;of Israel—Ahab,24;of Assyria—Samsi-Rammon,24;of Assyria—Ninus,25;of Armenia—Barsanes,25;of India—Strabrobates,26;'of the World, etc., etc.'—Semiramis,29;of Assyria—Tiglath-pileser III,29;of Assyria—Shalmaneser IV,30;of Judah—Hezekiah,30,37;of Assyria—Sennacherib,30;of Assyria—Esar-haddon,31,306,307,343,350;of Assyria—Assur-bani-pal (Sardanapalus),31,32,301-306,346;of Assyria—Ashurbanapal,33;of Assyria—Sin-sar-iskin,36;of Ecbatana—Cyaxares,36;of Babylonia—Nebuchadrezzar II,36-40,47,104;of Babylonia—Nabonidus,40,249;Cyrus the Persian,41;of Babylon—Cambyses,41;Alexander the Great,42;of Chaldea—Nimrod,52;Rammannirari I,90;of Persia—Cyrus,98;Daon, the shepherd, of Pantibiblon,112;of Persia—Xerxes,141;of Babylonia—Sokkaros,157;of Babylonia—Mili-Shikhu,187;the Moabite—Mesha,190;of Ashdod—Azuri,210,211;of Babylonia, and soothsayers,260;tales of Babylonian and Assyrian,299-312;Nabu-Usabi, King of Sarrapanu,300;Gyges, King of Lydia,302;Tiglath-pileser II,299-301;of Assyria—Assur-Dan III,308;of Assyria—Adad-Narari IV,308;a royal 'day,'309-312;of Assyria—Ur-Gur,359,366;of Assyria—Ur-Ninib,366KIN'GU. God;'only husband' of Tiawath,75;bound by Merodach,78;son of Tiawath,194KIS. The Babylonian sun-god,93,294KI'SAR. God; birth of,71KOLDEWEY, DR. German explorer,356,367;great gate of Ishtar discovered by,372;temple of E-Sagila and,374,375Kosmologie. Jensen's,216KOU-YUN-JIK. M. Botta and mound of,339;Layard's searches in mound of,344,345;George Smith's excavations at,351;Rassam's excavations at,354,355KUK-UL-CAN. Reference to the god,224LLAB'AN. Jacob and,267LAB'AR-TU. The hag-demon,271,277LADY OF THE GODS. Ishtar the,176LAG'ASH. The modern Tel-lo, earliest Semite monuments come from,16;the priests of became kings,16;Gudea high-priest of,19,355;Bau 'mother of,'145LA'HA-MÉ. God; birth of,71LAH'MU. God; birth of,71LAM-AS'SU. A spirit of similar type to the Sedu,277LAMENTATION-S. For Tammuz,135,136,140;Rituals,253-255LANGUAGE. The Akkadian,13,14;Babylonian priesthood preserved old Akkadian tongue as a sacred,14;Sumerians borrowed from rich Semitic tongue,15;cuneiform writing,60-66,seeWriting;Median,65;Susian,65;Assyrian,65;Longpérier's translation of Assyrian,66;of Babylonia and Assyria, compared,205LAR'SA. Shamash worshipped at,109;Khammurabi's improvements at,187LA'YARD, SirHENRY. Assur-bani-pal's library at Nineveh and,35,46;archæological researches at Nineveh,46,155,344,346;researches of, at Nimrûd,340,342-344,346LEGEND-S. Jewish,reAbram and Nimrod,51;Persian,reAbram and Nimrod,52,53;the creation,193-195;of Etana,195;of the origin of star-worship,232-3;the, of Ura,268-270;of a dog,291,292;'Cuthæan, of creation,'294-6LENORMANT. Hebrew and Assyrian poetry and,322LEO, SIGN OF. Recalls the slaying of Khumbaba,182LETTER-S. Franked by clay seals bearing name of Sargon,18LEVI, ELIPHAS. The Baphomet goat and,293LIA FAIL, THE. The Stone of Destiny; reference to,248LIBRARY. Assur-bani-pal's,35,46,71,261,282,346;the temple in 'Tablet Hill,'363LIGHT. Merodach and Tiawath, and the primal strife between darkness and,79LITERATURE. Babylonian art and, under Khammurabi the Great,20;Assur-bani-pal and Babylonian,35;sacred, of Babylonia,67-69LIVER-READING. By priests,281-283LOFTUS, WILLIAM KENNET. Successor of Mr Hormuzd Rassam,346,347LO'KI. God of fire; Nergal not unlike,106LU'GAL-BAN'DA. Storm-bird god; like Prometheus,93LU'GAL-ZUG-GI'SI. King of Erech; famous text of, found by Hilprecht,366MMAAT. Reference to,222MAGI. Confounded by Zoroaster,333MAGICAL TEXTS. Dawkina alluded to in the,197;Anu mentioned in,198;of Babylonia and Assyria,257,288;alluded to in Bible,266,267;circle, the,275,276MAGICIAN-S. The word of power and,263;Ea, the great, of the gods,268MAHOMET-AN. 'Baphomet' a corruption of,293;conquest,333MAI-MON'I-DES. Jewish rabbi, friend of Averroes;his commentary on theMischnah,232'MAK'LU.'A series of texts known as,261Mam'it. Equivalent for taboo,278MAM-MET'UM. The maker of destiny,173MAN-KIND. Creation of, by Merodach,80,81;goddess Aruru assists in the creation of,82,86;humanizing of,112,113MARAZION. Signifies in Semitic, 'Hill by the Sea,'331MAR-CHESH-UAN. Merodach's month,251MAR'DUK.SeeMerodach,175,200MARRIAGE. Customs in Babylonia,312MARS. Identified with Nergal,235MAS'HU. The Mountain of Sunset,171MAZ'DA. One of the spiritual powers in Zoroaster's religion,337MEC'CA. Reference to the celebrated Kaaba (temple) at,52MEDE. Zoroaster a,333ME'DI-A. Subdued by Ninus,25MEDICINE. Ea, a god of,192MEG-ID'DO. The Canaanitish fortress of,189ME-LI'LI1. Queen; wife of Benani,82;2. Mother of the monsters,295,296MEL'I-SHIP'OK II. Houses found dating from period of,376MELK ('KING'). Variant of Moloch,328MEL'KARTH. Phœnician god of Tyre,327,328;worship of, in Carthage,330MEL'KARTH-RESH'EF. Phœnician combination,328MEM-AN-GAB. Leader of the monsters,295,296MEM'PHIS. Assyrians enter,31MEN'KES MOUND,376MER-AG-A'GA. Variant of Merodach,202MER'CURY. Identified with Nabu,235MER'OC. Yaran flees to,210,211MER'O-DACH. Babylonian god,