Berosus quoted by LENORMANT, i. 2; quoted by RAWLINSON, 4, 15; his _Medic_ dynasty, 36; native Chaldæan 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 discussed, 384; ii. 35. _Bit-Saggatou_, i. 379. Bitumen, its use as mortar, 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. Bœckh, ii. 397. Borsip (or Borsippa), i. 38, 53. Boscawen, ii. 232, 345. Botta quoted, i. 157, 175; his opinion as to the use of columns, 179, 244, 259; glazed bricks, 294; his opinion as to Assyrian use of colour, ii. 245. Brandis, ii. 397. Bréal, Michel, quoted, i. 32. Brewster, Sir D., ii. 306, 308. Bricks, process of manufacture of, i. 115; system of construction in, 116; made in Chaldæa at a very early period, 117; their shape, 117; their size, 117; their inscriptions, 118; convex-sided B. at Abou-Sharein, 118; dangers of crude B. as a building material, 156; always clothed in some other material in the palaces, 271; quantity of enamelled B. to be found in Babylonia, 281; enamelled B. of Assyria inferior to those of Chaldæa, 281; glazed B. in the British Museum, 281; enamelled B. found by George Smith at Nimroud, 293. Bridge, at Babylon, ii. 57. Bronze, its use in the palaces of the king of Babylon, according to Philostratus, i. 299. Broussa, i. 289. Balls, winged, ii. 81. Battons, or walking-sticks, ii. 357. Bracelets, ii. 356. Bumados, ii. 225. Buvariia, i. 156, 371. Byblos, i. 56. C Cabul, ii. 374. _Caillou Michaux_, the, i. 30; ii. 4, 197–8. Cairo compared to Babylon, ii. 59. Calah, i. 14, 42; to be identified with Nimroud, 314. Callisthenes, i. 71. Calneh, i. 14. Campania, engraved bowls found there, ii. 339. Candolle, A. de, ii. 399. _Canephoros_ found near Bagdad, ii. 116. Capitals, i. 205. Cappadocia, annexed by Assyria, i. 7; ii. 236. Carpets, probable identity of the patterns on modern Kurdish carpets with those made in antiquity, i. 289; ii. 293. Cartoons, used by the designers of the glazed brick decorations, i. 285. Caucasus, metals brought from the, i. 125. Causeways, paved, ii. 74. Cavaniol, H., quoted, i. 151. Cedars from Lebanon, used by Assyria, i. 123. Cemeteries, drainage of the C. in Lower Chaldæa, i. 341; their contents, 342. Ceramics, etymology of the word, i. 115.