Ivory, its use in decoration, i. 300; panels in the British Museum, 301; used for the decoration of furniture, ii. 319; means by which the demand for ivory was supplied, 320. Izdubar, the Assyrian Hercules, i. 346; ii. 86, 263, 269. J Jambs, the bronze jambs of the gates of Babylon, i. 241. Janus, ii. 91. Jewelry, ii. 349. Jezireh, El-, i. 3; ii. 61. Jigan, ii. 304. Jonah, character of the book of, ii. 61. Joshua quoted, ii. 363. Judæa, ii. 172. K Kasr, i. 261; its identity discussed, i. 384; ii. 35. Kaleh-Shergat (or Ellasar), i. 7, 39; ii. 51; basalt statue found at, 110. Karamles, ii. 51. Karigalzu, i. 315; ii. 259. Karkhemish, ii. 374. _Keleks_, i. 323. Kerman, i. 2. Ker Porter, i. 40. Khabour, i. 305; ii. 51. Khasdim, i. 6. Khausser, ii. 9. _Khesbet_, ii. 293. Khetas, ii. 284. Khorassan, i. 289. Khorsabad, i. 7; plan of Sargon’s city, 313; its discovery by M. Botta, ii. 4; compared with Versailles, 11; its extent, 11; the arrangement of its plan, 13; the _seraglio_, 11–16; the _harem_, 20; courtyards, 16, 29; the offices, 27; size of the city of K., 62. Khouzistan, i. 17. Kings quoted, i. 302. _Kislar aga_, compared to the _Tartan_, i. 96. Knife-handles, ii. 348. “Knop and flower” pattern, i. 240, 302. Koran, i. 287. Korkhar, ii. 203, 231. Kouffa, i. 93. Kouti, i. 53. Kourdourmapouk, ii. 194. Kouyundjik, i. 7, 44; ii. 44; arrangement of the ruins on the mound, 47. _Kunuku_, ii. 255. Kurdistan, i. 289. Kushites, their relationship with the Shemites, i. 16, 17. L Lachish, siege of, figured in the reliefs, ii. 103, 319. Lantern or “Louvre,” i. 183. Laplace, his _Histoire de l’Astronomie_ quoted, i. 68. Larissa, i. 112; its supposed identity with Mespila, 152; Xenophon’s description discussed, 385. Larnaca, ii. 219. Larsam, i. 1, 38. Latium, engraved bowls found there, ii. 339. Layard, Sir A. H., quoted, i. 7, 10–12, 27, 30, 40, 51; speaks of fetishism among the Kurds, 61, 74, 116, 119, 120, 138, 155; his opinion as to the forms of roof, 160–1; his discovery of wood ashes in the palaces, 176, 183; found upper chambers at Nimroud, 189, 193, 199, 207, 211, 213; discovery of sphinxes in south-western edifice at Nimroud, 214; his discovery of limestone bases in Sennacherib’s palace, 219, 230, 243, 261, 277; colours used in decoration, 280, 392; his opinions as to the size of Nineveh quoted, ii. 61; his discovery of one of the gates of Nineveh, 62; quoted, 106, 152, 226, 236; his opinion upon Assyrian polychromy, 247. Le Blant, E., quoted, i. 339. Ledrain quoted, i. 317.