Ctesias, i. 52; speaks of the Χαλδαίοι, 90; his account of the walls of Babylon, 282; his statements as to the size of Babylon, ii. 59; his statements as to the size of Nineveh, 59; on the bronze figures of the gods, 202; his description of the figures on the walls of Babylon, 296. Ctesiphon, i. 54; never seems to have been a seat of learning, 57, 93, 223. Cunaxa, i. 113. Cuneiform characters, i. 14. Cush, i. 14. Cutha, ii. 57. Cyaxares, i. 50. Cybele, ii. 398. Cylinder, commemorative, its discovery at the Birs-Nimroud by Sir H. Rawlinson, i. 317; the Phillips C., 317. Cylinders (seals), i. 56; their universal use in Babylonia, ii. 251; collections of, in our Museums, 251; method of mounting, 255; of carrying, 256; their supercession by cones, 276; rarity of metal cylinders, 280. Cypriots, their indebtedness to Babylonia for their written characters, i. 32. Cyprus, engraved bowls found there, ii. 339. Cyrus, i. 54. D Dado, coloured, at Khorsabad, i. 273. Dagon, _see_ Oannes. _Daily Telegraph_, the, its subsidies to Mr. George Smith’s exploration, ii. 7. Damascening, ii. 345. Damascius, i. 58, 83. Damascus, ii. 231. Darius, ii. 201, 275. Decoration, i. 260; the colours of the painted D., 272; motives of the coloured D., 274; colours used at Babylon, 283; cuneiform characters used decoratively, 284; use of animal forms in D., 307. Deecke quoted, i. 32. Delaporte, bricks brought to Europe by, i. 284. Deuteronomy quoted, i. 151. Diamond dust, its use by gem engravers, ii. 260. Diarbekir, ii. 203. Diodorus, i. 5, 120; his vague statements as to height of Babylonian temples, 129; statement as to destruction of the temple of Bel, 137; his description of the palaces of Semiramis quoted, ii. 34; λίθιναι δοκοί, 35; his statements as to the size of Babylon, 55; his statement, after Ctesias, as to the size of Nineveh, 60; his mention of the statue of Bel, ii. 202. Dionysius Periegetes quoted, i. 299. Diorite, used by the Chaldæan sculptors, i. 141; statues from Tello, ii. 175; fragments found at Tello, 190. Dioscorides (or Dioscurides), ii. 263. Disk, the winged, its significance, i. 87. Dog, the, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. 143. Dolerite, ii. 175. Domes, _see_ Vaults. Domestic architecture, ii. 51. Doors, their forms, i. 236. Doorways, importance of, i. 244. Dour-Saryoukin (or Khorsabad), i. 43, 227; plan of, 313. Dowels, metal, used to fix the carved slabs, i. 265. Drainage, system of, in palaces, i. 227. Drainpipes in the Chaldæan mounds, i. 158. Drapery, its effect upon Assyrian sculpture, ii. 286.