A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 2 (of 2)Perrot, Georges
History
A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Perrot, Georges
Art -- Assyria -- History; Art -- Iraq -- Babylonia; Assyria -- Antiquities; Babylonia -- Antiquities
Dromedary, the, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. 152.
Dumouzi, i. 83.
Dungi, ii. 259, 266.
E
Earrings, how coloured in the reliefs, ii. 247, 354;
in the form of nude children, ii. 362.
Ecbatana, i. 52;
the colours of its walls, 273.
_Ekimmou_, i. 345.
Elam, i. 35.
Ellasar, i. 36, 39.
_Elselah_, ii. 336.
Embroidery, on the robe of Assurnazirpal, i. 307;
use of animal forms in, 308; ii. 364.
Ephron the Hittite, ii. 70.
Epigenes, i. 71.
Epithets given to the gods, i. 347.
Erech, i. 14, 24; ii. 265.
Esarhaddon, i. 44, 103; ii. 8;
unfinished state of his palace at Nimroud, 8, 40;
his image in the pass of the Lycos, 231;
rarity of sculptures dating from his reign, 236.
“E-schakil,” i. 261.
Esther quoted, ii. 71.
Etana, i. 346.
Etruria, engraved bowls found there, ii. 339.
Euphrates, its inundations, i. 9.
Eusebius, i. 51, 57.
Ezekiel quoted, i. 286; ii. 372, 374.
F
Fergusson, James, defects of his restorations, i. 277.
Finnish compared to the language of early Chaldæa, i. 19.
Firouz-Abad, i. 169.
Flandin, Eugène, his opinion on the roofing question, i. 163;
his opinion as to the polychromy of the Assyrians, ii. 245.
Fly-flappers, ii. 203;
how coloured in the reliefs, 247.
Forks, ii. 351.
Foundation ceremonies, i. 311.
Fountains, at Bavian, ii. 229;
in Asia Minor, their decoration, i. 262.
Fox-Talbot quoted, ii. 159.
Fresnel, ii. 58.
Frieze, of enamelled brick at Khorsabad, i. 283;
of the Parthenon, ii. 106.
Fringes, how represented and coloured, ii. 247.
Furniture, ii. 313;
its magnificence in Assyria, 313;
thrones, 314;
decorative motives, 314–324;
Ivory ornament used upon it, 319;
remains from Van, 319.
Fustel de Coulanges quoted, i. 345.
G
Gailhabaud, i. 180.
Gates, discovered at Nineveh by Layard, ii. 62;
at Khorsabad by Place, 62;
discovery of the Balawat gates by Mr. Rassam, i. 242;
gates at Khorsabad described, ii. 65–72;
use of gates in the East, 69.
Gems, ii. 251;
engraving upon oyster shells and other comparatively soft
materials, 258;
cylinders, 251–280.
Genesis quoted, i. 14, 15, 117, 155, 199; ii. 70.
Ghazir, ii. 225.
Ghunduk, ii. 232.
Glass, the earliest known example of transparent glass, ii. 306;
its early use in Mesopotamia, 306.
Globe, the winged, its significance, i. 87.
Glyptic art, ii. 251–280.
Gobineau, de, ii. 253.
Gold, i. 299;
used for decorating domes, 379.
Gomel, ii. 225.
Goun-goun, i. 39.
Graphic processes, i. 327;
plan from Tello, 327;
disproportion between figures and buildings, 333.
Greeks, the, as travellers and observers, i. 56.
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