41;temple of,47,374;Nimrod identified with,50;prayer and god,68;Tiawath and,76-82;creates man,81;the central figure of a popular myth,84;god Ea displaced by,86,199;may have been a bull-god,93;worshipped at Babylon,94;Asshur identified with,94;Nebuchadrezzar and,104;Diabarra and,106;the name Mordecai a form of,142;great festival of, the Zakmuk,141;worship of, first prominent in days of Khammurabi,184-198;association with Nebo,184-186;the Chamber of Fates in temple of,185;Zarpanitum, wife of,186,202;supremacy of,192;variant Marduk,194,200;Shamash and,200;variants, Amaruduk, Asari, Saragagam, and Mer-agaga,202;attendant hounds of,202;usurped place of Bel,227;Bel paired with,228;Jupiter, identified with,235;eighth month ruled over by,237;month Marcheshuan belonged to,251;eclipses and,256;demons and the name of,263;four dogs of,291;head of the Babylonian Pantheon,377;Nabonidus,377MER'O-DACH-BAL-A-DAN I. Houses found dating from period of,376MESH'A. The Moabite king; Chemosh, god of,190MESH'ACH. One of Daniel's companions,38MES-O-POT-A'MI-A. Elam and Northern —, overcome by Sargon,17;Semitic religion in,331;excavations in,339, ff.;George Smith dispatched to,351;recent research in,366-376MEXICO. Reference to religious system of ancient,204;reference to temples, on,243MIC'AH. Reference to his teraphim,268MIDDLE AGES. The Sabbatic goat of the witchcraft of the,293MI-LI-SHIK'HU. Babylonian monarch; Shamash and,187Misch'nah. Commentary on the,232MITANI. Provinces of, conquered by Shalmaneser I,308MITH'RA. Rashnu and,337MIT-RA-PHER'NES. Artaios' eunuch,149MOFFLAINES. Wood of,293MOHAMMEDANISM. Initiated by the Semitic race,313,332MOLOCH. Magic and,258;worship of, in Phœnicia,328;worship of, in Carthage, as Baal-ammon,330;children sacrificed to,331MOMMU TI-A-WATH. The primeval ocean,71.SeeMoumisMONSTER-S. Mythological animals and, of Chaldea,289-298;the dog,290,291;invasion of the,294-296;Patechus,330MONTH-S. Titles of, by Babylonians,236-238MOON. Babylonian religion and,236;city; Ur, the,249,250;Abram, probably a moon-worshipper,249;eclipses and the,256MOON-DEITIES. Osiris,138;Aphrodite,138;Proserpine,138;Phœnician Ashtoreth,138;Nannar, moon-god of Ur,145-149;Sin,94,109,128,170,223,224,250;Tanit,330MOR'DE-CA-I. The Book of Esther and,141;a form of Marduk or Merodach,142MOSÛL. M. Botta French Consul at,339;Layard's researches at,340-344MOTHER-EARTH. Of primitive mythologies,197MOTHER-GODDESS. Theory,318,319;compounded of various types,326'MOTHER OF THE GREAT GODS,'Belit alluded to as,228MOU'MISorMUM'MU. Son of Tiawath and Apsu,73;name at one time given to Tiawath,73MOUNTAIN. Of the Sunset, Gilgamesh journeys to,158,159,171;of the Sunrise,253;of the Earth,305;of the Wind,362;of the World,362MUL-LIL. The 'gazelle god' of Nippur,292MU-RASH'U AND SONS. Bankers and brokers at Nippur,366MU'RO. Worship of Ramman originated at,220MEYER, JOSEPH A. An American architect who assisted Haynes at Nippur,365MYRRH. Used at the Adonia festival,136;-tree and Adonis,137MYTH-S. Of Sardanapalus, reference to,32;analogies with Flood-,45;North American Indian, reference to,46,122;Algonquin, reference to,46;Babylonian, of creation,70-87;confusing, connected with Ea,112;of deluge,111,173-178;of Merodach and Tiawath, reference to,78,114,199;Mexican, reference to,115;Greek, reference to,122,315;of Tammuz,126-129;Tammuz and Ishtar, groundwork of those of Greece and Rome,131;of Adonis,131-133;Egyptian,request of Isis,133;Tammuz-Ishtar,135;various strata underlying the Gilgamesh,159,160;of the slaughter of Tiawath,201;of Persephone and of Osiris,201;a toothache-,262,263;Phœnician, little knownre,328;Indo-Germanic, reminiscences in Zarathustra's religion,334;character of Babylonian, compared with that of Hellenic and Scandinavian,338NNA-BO-NI'DES. Archæology fashionable in time of,363NABONIDOS.SeeNabonidus,364NA-BO-NI'DUS. The last of the Babylonian kings,40,110,283;displaced by Cyrus,41;cults of Merodach, Nabu, and Shamash, and,377NAB'O-POL-AS'SER. Reference to inscriptions of,368;father of Nebuchadrezzar,369,370;Euphrates bridge, work of,375;god Merodach and,377NAB'U,175;Nusku and, connected,225;Merodach and, paired,228;Bel paired with,228;Ramman-Nirari and,228;called by Sargon 'the Seer who guides the gods,'228;Mercury and,235;tenth month sacred to,237;tower of,375;Nebuchadrezzar and,377;Nabonidus and,377NAB'U-BALIDDIN. Shamash's temple restored by,249NABU-QUA'TI-ZA'BAT. Assur-bani-pal and,304NAB'U-USA'BI, King. Crucified by Tiglath-pileser II,300NA-BÛ-ZÈR-LÎ-SHIR. Scribe,363NAM'TAR. The plague-demon,129NANÂ. Merged in conception of Ishtar,124;Assur-bani-pal and,304NAN'NAR. The moon-god of Ur,145-149NANN'AR-OS. Satrap of Babylon,146-149NANN'A-RU. The new moon, established by Merodach,79NA'RAM-SIN. Son of Sargon; title, 'King of the Four Zones,'17,19;Nabonidus and,41;bricks discovered with name of, on,47;'Builder of the Temple of En-lil,'247;omens and,283;'mould' of an inscribed stone belonging to Sargon I in palace of,363NE'BO. Hymn to,69;son of Bel,102;shrine sacred to,102;Tashnit, wife of,102,185,186;association with Merodach,184-186;chief seat, Borsippa,184,326;as grain-god,186;the altars of Yahveh dragged from,190;temple of,306,346,348NEB'ROD.SeeNimrodNE-BICH-AD-REZ'ZAR I. Ramman and,219NEBUCHADREZZAR II(orNEBUCHADNEZZAR). King of Babylonia, reign of,36-40;invades Egypt,37;wars against Jerusalem,37;puts Jehoiakim to death,37;sets up Zedekiah as King of Jerusalem,37;Daniel and,37-40;his dreams,37-40;Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and,38;ruins of palace of, explored in 1899,47;Sir H. C. Rawlinson's discoveryre,104;Shamash's temple restored by,249;Dr Andrae's discoveryre,356;Merodach and,377NEBUCHADREZZAR III. King of Babylonia,41NEM'ART.SeeNimrodNER'GAL. Temple of, at Cuthah,82,296;of Cuthah,94;patron god of Cuthah,105;not unlike Loki,106;Dibarra, variant of,106;Aralu and,150,151;shade of Eabani, and,180;Mars and,235;Canaanitish war-god,326;worshipped by Phœnicians,328NEW YEAR. Assembly of gods at Babylon on first day of,201;Merodach and,201;Bau and,251;Gudea and,251NI-BI'RU, Merodach's star,79NIM'ROD. The mighty hunter,49-56;son of Chus, the Æthiop,49;a reputed descendant of Ham,49;figures in Biblical and Babylonian tradition,49;built Babylon,50;Greek named Nebrod or Nebros,50;identified with Merodach, Gilgamesh, and Orion,50;name found in Egyptian documents of XXII Dynasty as 'Nemart,'50;derivation of name may mean 'rebel,'50;legends of, related by Philo in hisDe Gigantibus,50;Abram and,51-56;King of Chaldea,52;suggested identity with Gilgamesh,156NIM'RÛD. Sir Henry Layard's excavations at,340,342-344;Rassam's searches at,344;George Smith's searches at,348-354NIN-A-GAL. Variant of Ea,116NIN'EV-EH. Built by Sennacherib,31;Assur-bani-pal's library at,35,71,154,346;archæological researches of Layard and Botta at,46;George Smith's labours at,46;Mr Hormuzd Rassam's work at,47;built by Asshur,49;tablet written for temple of Nergal discovered at,82;residence of Asshur,207;Ishtar's shrine in,212;M. Botta and site of,339,340;Layard and,344;plan of,357NIN-GIR'SU. Name means 'Lord of Girsu,'144;known as Shulgur ('Lord of the corn heaps'),144;identified with Tammuz,144;variant, Ninib,214,216;favourite of Gudea,251;temple of,283NIN'IB,84,175;a war-god,214;variant of, Nin-girsu,214,216;Tiglath-pileser I, Assur-rishishi, Assur-nazir-pal, and,214;as hunter-god,216;extolled by Tiglath-pileser I,216;invoked by Assur-nazir-pal,216;Gula, consort of,216;Saturn and,235;translated as En-Mashti by Canaanites,326NIN-IGI-NAG'IR-SIR. Saved with Ea, etc., from deluge,115NIN-LIL. Variant of Beltis,101;consort of En-lil; Ishtar and,124NIN'NI. Variant of Innana,187NIN'SUM. Gilgamesh resorts to,180NI'NUS. King of Assyria,25;Semiramis, wife of,25;Ninyas, son of,26NIN'YAS. Son of Ninus; during minority of, Semiramis assumedthe regency,26NIPPUR. Babylonian civilization grouped round,14;god En-lil and,14;city of Ur colonized by,15;Mr Haynes' excavations at,47,359,360,365,366;temple of,82;cosmological tales at,84;of Sumerian origin,96;preferred to Babylon,196;lamentation ritual at,199,200;temple of E-Kur at,248;business quarter of, unearthed,359,360;stage-tower of,361;temple-tower of,362NIR'IG. God; variant, Enu-Restu; Bel, father of,153NIZ'AN. First month; sacred to Anu and Bel,236NO'AH. Patriarch, reference to,45;legend of deluge and Ea,115;variant, Ut-Napishtim,116NO-RETURN. Land of,128NU-DIM-MUD. Variant of name of Ea,73;Tiawath and,76NUMBERS. Assigned to each of the gods,237,238NUS'KU. The messenger of Mul-lil,68;hymn to,69;temple of,102;of the 'Brilliant Sceptre,'224,225;Nabu and, connected,225;eclipses and,255OO-AN'NES.SeeEa,14OBELISK. Of Shalmaneser II,343O-DA'CON. Appears from sea of Eruthra,112OMEN-S. Library of Sargon contained book dealing with,18;divination by,281,282O-MOR'CA. Chaldaic equivalent, Thalath; Greek,thalassa,114ON'NES. One of Ninus' generals, husband of Semiramis,25OPPERT. French exploration expedition and,347O-RI'ON. Nimrod identified with,50O-SI'RIS. Isis and, reference to,133;reference to,201,228'O-ZY-MAN'DI-AS.'Shelley's sonnet on,307PPAINTINGS. Discovered in Sennacherib's palace at Kouyunjik,345PALACE-S. Built at Nineveh by Sargon; M. Botta unearths,340;Assyrian, two discovered at Nimrûd,340;built by Esar-haddon, unearthed by Layard,343;of Sennacherib, found by Layard,345;Assur-bani-pal's, discovered by Rawlinson,346;of Nimrûd, George Smith's excavations in,348,349;Nebuchadrezzar's, excavated,369-371PALESTINE. Syria and, invaded by Sargon,17;worship of Hadad in,188;the Canaanites first dwellers in,324PALL'AS A-THÊ-NÉ. Reference to,222,315PAN'THE-ON, ASSUR-BANI-PAL'S. Belit and Asshur in,228PANTHEON OF ASSYRIA,203-230;differences between the Babylonian and,203,204;Dagon in, associated with Anu,216,217;Bel-Merodach absorbed in the,225;Ea in the,229;Dibbarra, in the,229PANTHEON OF BABYLONIA.1. Early. Prior to Khammurabi,94,95.2. Later. General changes in and additions to,184-198;Bel's place usurped in the, by Merodach,227;spiritistic nature of,318PAP-SUK'AL. The messenger of the gods,130PARADISE. The Abyss and,82PAR'SÎS. Of Bombay,334PAR-SON'DES. Ctesias' talere,146-149PAT-E'CHUS. God; a repulsive monster,330PATRIARCH, THE.SeeAbramPER-SEPH'O-NÉorPROS'ER-PINE. Reference to,132,201;corresponds to Allatu,132PER-SE'POLIS. Reference to,61;language found at, deciphered by Löwenstern and Hinks,65;Longpérier translated language found at,66PER'SE-US. Reference to,87PERSIAN-S. Signs in connexion with cuneiform writing,60-66;religion of (Zoroaster's),332-336, etc.;fear of defilement,335PETERS, DR. Director of American expeditions,358,359,364,365PHIL-IS'T'I-A. Sargon's expedition against,210,211PHŒ-NIC'I-A. Worship of Moloch in,328PHŒNICIAN-S. The Gods of the,326-329;religion; Egyptian influence,328