The excavations at Babylon

Part 23

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Ornaments, 34, 129, 264, 266

Ostrich eggs, 271

Ovens, 81

Oxen, pictures of, 44

Oyster-shell, 265

Pachyderm, 271

Palace, 71, 99, 113, 166, 169

Palaeolithic saws, 261

Palaestra, 307

Panpipe, 284

Papsukal, 118, 227, 233, 296

Parthian buildings, 49, 221 houses, 168 Period, 182, 183, 216, 239, 242, 251, 280, 285, 313 sarcophagi, 4

Passages, 63, 72

Pavements, 114, 115, 128, 146, 156, 170, 290, 300, 312

Paving-stones, 52, 53, 159, 166

Pedestals, 304

Peiser, 227

Pensilia, 100

Perde hangings, 164

Peribolos, 52, 53, 130, 187, 192

Peristyle, 215, 216, 295, 305, 307

Persepolis, 12, 89, 128, 129

Persian building, 129, 131, 136 cotton-printer, 164 enamels, 30 executions, 82 Period, 103, 150, 155, 240, 267, 312 wall, 177, 182 work, 127

Pestle and mortar, 259

Pigeons, 271

Pilasters, 154

Pillars, 216

Pithos, 254

Place, 94, 194

Plaster, 304

Plastic art, 29, 269, 270

Plough, hooked, 21

Polynesia, 264

Pompeii, mosaic of, 235

Poplar wood, 70, 116

Postament, 59, 64

Potsherds, 237

Pottery, 82, 252, 258, 273 stamps, 75, 77

Procession Street, 31, 44, 46, 54, 62, 68, 130, 137, 156, 170, 172, 174, 177, 182, 191, 196, 200, 242, 312

Proscenium, 304

Quarrying, 10, 25

Quay wall, 137

Rain, 19, 74

Ram, 257

Ramman, 46

Ramps, 63, 68, 112, 144, 201, 209, 212

Rathgen, 30

Reed straw, 31

Reeds, 70, 100, 114, 122, 136

Reliefs, 28, 29, 32, 41, 42, 158, 162, 169, 236, 263

Rhea, 195

Rhine, Binger Lock, 203

Ribaniš, 164

Ripley-cylinder, 191

Rising Sun, door of, 212

Rock-crystal, 221, 265

Roofs, 75, 99, 108, 169, 170, 195

Roman stone vaulting, 71

Rubbing-mill, 259, 260

Sachn, 15, 125, 183, 309

Šalḫû, 152, 153

Šamaš, 231

Samaua, 18

Samsuditana, 240, 291

Samsuiluna, 240, 291

Sandstone, 159

Sandstorms, 195, 196

Sarcophagi, 216, 219, 233, 275, 276

Sardanapalus, brick stamps of, 79, 187, 207, 215 cylinder of, 60, 151 inscription of, 167 Nimitti-Bel of, 150, 312 Ninmach Temple of, 181

Sargon, brick stamp of, 80 wall of, 131, 137, 138, 140–142, 147, 181, 202, 312

Sargonids, 256, 265

Sarîr, 211, 257

Sarrateia, 60

Sassanide fort, 10 Period, 102, 182, 313

Satyrs, 285

Saws, 261, 263

Sceptre of Life, House of the, 229

Scheil, 166, 327

Schöne, 26

Seal, 267, 268, 269

Sea-shell, 268

Sedde, 10, 11

Seleucia, town wall, 5

Seleucid Period, 212, 233, 327

Semiramis, 100, 130, 131

Sendjirli, 57, 165

Senkereh, 263

Sennacherib, 52, 53, 79, 141, 191, 222, 312

Serapis, 204

Serpent, figures of, 38, 45

Setting Sun, door of, 212

Shadu stone, 25, 26, 41

Shamash, 164, 269

Shamash-resh-ussur, 162

Shamash shumukin, 152

Sherds, glazed, 212

Shiddim, 192

Shields, 163, 164, 221

Shuruppak, 18, 219

Silver, 265

Sin, 164, 269

Sindjar, 2, 14

Sippar, 12

Sippar cylinder, 145

Sippara, 167

Sirrush, 38, 41, 46, 48

Sluice, 51

Smith, Etemenanki inscription of, 192, 210; Esagila tablet, 327

Spinning whorls, 258

Stamps, 62, 75, 88, 199, 309

Stelae, 162, 164, 166, 190

Stoa, 216

Stone carving, 29

Strabo, 97, 98, 108, 196, 309, 323

Stucco, 42

Šú-an-na-ki, 231

Suḫi canal, 164

Sukhi, 162

Sumer, 152

Surgul, 219, 220, 238, 239, 253, 261, 293

Susa, 127

Swords, 263

Syracuse, 196

Tablets, 61, 65, 100, 136, 223, 236, 244–247, 291

Tambourine, 284

Tanagra, 285

Tasmit, 193

Tell Ibrahim, 14

Telloh, 220, 244, 293

Terraces, 156, 173

Terra-cotta, 64, 65, 102, 216, 218, 219, 234, 257, 277, 285, 309

Teshup, weather god, 164

Thureau-Dangin, 193

Tigris, 16, 108

Tiles, 28, 88, 104, 112

_Tin-tir_, 77

Tiryns, acropolis of, 87

Tomb robbers, 119

Towers, 1, 55, 110, 146, 150, 156, 171, 176, 180, 187, 201, 214, 296, 298

Trenches, 133, 136, 183

Trough coffins, 276

Troy, 87

Tu’mânu, 164

_Turminabanda_, 25, 26, 41, 50, 191

_Tur-uš_, 79

Ub-šu-ukkenna, 211

Uknû, 45

Uluburariaš, 2, 64

Ungnad, 227

Urash gate, 57, 200, 313

Urmit, 193

Usu-wood, 169

Vases, 248, 252, 259

Vaulted building, 93, 94, 95, 135

Vaulting, 93, 94, 99, 100, 104, 125

Venus, 163

Viper, horned, 48

Virgin, statue of, 196

Vitruvius, 128

Wages, 24

Walking serpent, 46

Warka, 244

Water course, 19, 50 drinking, 108 channel, 183 vase, 207

Weber, 244

Weissbach, 54, 85, 164, 173, 232, 264

Well, 38, 91, 107, 136

Whorls, spinning, 257

Wigs, 216

Winckler, 51, 52, 61, 112, 145

Wristlets, 265

Wuswas, 244

Zakmuk, 211

Zamana, 194

Zarâti, 210, 257

Zarpanit, 210

Zeus, 194, 195, 212

Zeus Belus, 194

Zikurrat, 141, 186, 189, 193–196, 210, 229, 294

THE END

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.