4o8 Index. Assurbanipal, i. 36, 44 ; receives the homage of Gyges, king of Lydia, 44 ; his cruelty, 47 ; patron of litera- ture and the arts, 47 ; his library, 47, 105 ; numerous remains of sculp- ture dating from his reign, ii. 236. Assurbilkala, ii. 101, 203, 289. Assuredilani, i. 51. Assurnazirpal, i. 42 ; his statue in the round, ii. 126. Assyria, its true boundaiies, i. 7 ; its successive capitals, 7 ; its size, 7 ; consolidation of its supremacy, 41 ; first A. empire, 41 ; second A. empire, 41 ; expeditions into Armenia, Cap- padocia, and Syria, 41 ; strictly a military monarchy, 96 ; its régime, 103 ; Assyrian monarchy, solidity of the succession, 103 ; characteristics of the Assyrian race, 105 ; cruelty of the Assyrian kings, 105-7 ; luxury of do. t 105-7 ; constitution of the As- syrian nation, in; comparative in- significance of civilian element, 112. Assyro- Chaldaean language, the, i. 53. Astarte, i. 345. Astragali, i. 206. Astrology, i. 65 ; the forerunner of real astronomy, 67. AthencEum quoted, i. 317. Aturia, a variant of Assyria, i. 6. Auben (or Auben-Ra), ii. 120. Augustus, ii. 382. B Baal worshipped in Judah and Israel as well as Tyre and Sidon, i. 16. Baalazar, ii. 336. Babel, i. 14, 53- Bab-i-Hoiimaioun, ii. 72. Babil, i. 130, 154; its identity dis- cussed, 384; ii. 35. Baboo shes, i. 238. Babylon, age of its premiership, i. 38 ; more tenacious of life than Nineveh, 54 ; etymology of the name, 86 ; natural elements of its prosperity, 92 ; superiority of its situation over that of Nineveh, 93; an "eternal city," ii. 53 ; its defences, 53 ; in- complete nature of the explorations that have been carried out on its site, 55; its size discussed, 56-59; the stone bridge, 57 ; height of the walls, 63. Bactriana, metals brought from, i. 125. Bagdad, i. 40, 54- Bahr-ul-nejef, ii. 176. Hakhenklionsou, ii. 394. Balawat, gates of, i. 194 ; steles figured on, 196 ; standards figured on, 195 ; their discovery by Mr. Rassam, 242 ; ii. 51, 73, 118, 210. Baldricks, how coloured in the reliefs, ii. 247. Baruch quoted, ii. 89. Bas-reliefs, defective methods of fixing them, i. 265. Bassorah, i. 8, 38. Battering-ram, used by the Assyrians, ii. 64. Battlements, i. 248 ; coloured orna- ment upon them, 254; their effect against an Eastern sky, 254. Bavian, carved rocks at, i. 263 ; sculp- tures at, ii. 225 ; description of the valley, 226. Beards, their significance, ii. 136. Beauchamp, de, his account of a room in the Kasr, i. 281. Beharel, ii. 336. Behistan, i. 88. Bel, i. 78, 83 ; supreme in Chaldcea, 86; temple of, at Babylon, ii. 201. Bell, artist, drowned at Bavian, ii. 230. Bellino, cylinder of, ii. 61. Bel-Merodach, his sepulchral chamber, i- 379- Beltis (see Istar), i. 78. Beni-Hassan, i. 208. Benndorf quoted, i. 357. Berosus quoted by Lenormant, i. 2 ; quoted by Rawlinson, 4, 15 ; his Medic dynasty, 36 ; native Chaldaean dynasty, 36 ; his "Arab Kings," 41 ; 57, 64; the decorations of the Temple of Bel, 287 ; his account of the origin of things quoted, ii. 270. Beyrout, ii. 231. Birch, Dr., quoted, ii. 120, 306, 311 ; his opinion on the ivories from Assyria, 320, 339. Birs-Nimroud, i. 130; its identity dis- cussed, 384; ii. 35. BitSaggatou, i. 379. Bitumen, its use as moitar, i. 155; where found, 155 ; used to attach glazed bricks to the surface of the walls, 285. Black stone, Lord Aberdeen's, i. 211. Boaz, ii. 70. Bceckh, ii. 397. Borsip (or Borsippa), i. 38, 53.
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