Nebo (Mercury?) i. 73; description of his statues, 80; his place of repose decorated by Nebuchadnezzar, 299; statue, ii. 126; statue of, from the time of Vulush III., 217. Nebuchadnezzar, i. 27, 35; comparison with Rameses II., 53; ii. 200. Necklaces, ii. 355. Ner, i. 346. Nergal (Mars?), i. 73, 345. Nestorians, i. 140. Nicæa, i. 289. Niebuhr quoted, i. 157; his opinion as to the possibilities of Assyrian exploration quoted, ii. 4. Niffer, ii. 306. Nimrod, his genealogy, i. 15, 17; ii. 269. Nimroud, i. 7; to be identified with Calah, 314; general arrangement of buildings at, 314; its first exploration by Layard, ii. 5; arrangement of buildings at, 39; the _central palace_, 40; upper chambers found by Layard, 43; probably distinct from Nineveh, 60. Nineveh, its Greek name, i. 7; changes in historical theory brought about by its exploration, 34; its destruction, 50; difficulty of ascertaining the relative ages of the ruins, ii. 36; its size discussed, 59; Layard’s opinion as to its size, 61; a town gate discovered by Layard, 62. Ninus, i. 7, 33; represented on the walls of Babylon according to Ctesias, 283; buried within the palace at Babylon (Diodorus), 361; extravagant statements of Diodorus as to the size and height of his tomb, 362; ii. 218. Nipour (or Niffer), i. 38. Nisroch, i. 78. Nitocris, ii. 218. Nœldeke, Th., quoted, i. 34; ii. 61. Norris, Edwin, quoted, i. 22. Noushirwan, i. 185. Nude, the, in Chaldæo-Assyrian sculpture, ii. 92; the absence of nude figures from the reliefs, 98. O Oannes, i. 1, 36, 64, 83; on Péretié’s plaque, 352; ii. 261, 266. Obelisks, unsuitableness of the name, i. 257; their forms, i. 236; of Shalmaneser II., 258. _Observatory_, the Khorsabad, i. 247, 374; described, 386; the colours of its stages, 386; their number, 386; its awkward position, 391; suggested use (note by editor), 391. Oppert, his ethnical theories, i. 19; quoted, 21, 22, 28, 30, 119; his estimate of height of temple of Bel, 130, 201; his mention of colours used on buildings, 280; decorative painting in Babylonia, 284. Orders, the, their practical absence from Mesopotamian architecture, i. 132. Orientation of buildings, i. 311. Osiris, i. 78, 79. Ourbaou, ii. 180. Ourdeys, ii. 73. Ourkam, i. 35; the Menes of Chaldæa, 38; ii. 259, 266. Oysters, carvings upon their shells, ii. 118. P Painting, ii. 292; pigments used, 294. Palette of the Mesopotamian decorator, i. 283. Pallacopas, Lake, i. 53. Palm-bark, represented by Ninevite sculptors, i. 202. Palmyra, i. 349; ii. 374.