Tello, i. 24, 279, 312; angle-stones and foundation talismans found at T., i. 316, 383; ii. 33, 163; the discoveries made by M. de Sarzec described, 174; subjects of the reliefs, 177. _Temenos_, i. 128. Temple, subordinate types of, i. 391–6. (_see_ also staged towers). Tents, their forms, i. 175. _Teradas_, i. 10. Terah, i. 15. Terra-cotta statuettes, early Chaldæan, ii. 195. _Tête-de-pont_, on the Balawat gates, ii. 214. Texier quoted, i. 122; description of the great mosque at Ispahan, 287. Textiles, ii. 363. Thapsacus, ii. 374. Thebes, i. 56. Thomas, Felix, his opinion on the roofing question, i. 163, 224. Thothmes III., ii. 284. Thresholds, i. 239; sometimes of metal, 241. Thunderbolt, origin of the classic form of, i. 75. Tidjaris, ii. 312. Tiele, his _Manuel des Religions_ quoted, i. 60, 86, 89. Tiglath-Pileser I., i. 39; ii. 203. Tiglath-Pileser II., i. 43; ii. 101, 218. Tigris, its inundations, i. 9. Tiles, glazed; the manufacture not extinct in India (note by editor), i. 287; with central boss, 294. Toilet, articles of, ii. 349. Tomb, comparison between the Egyptian and Mesopotamian T., i. 336; absence of funerary inscriptions, 336; no Assyrian tombs yet discovered, 336; conjectures as to how the Assyrians disposed of their dead, 337; Loftus’s explanation perhaps the best, 338; the principle of the Chaldæan tomb similar to that of the Mastaba, 355; its shape, 356–360; its situation, 360–364. Transliteration, difficulties of, i. 17. Trees, how indicated in the reliefs, ii. 207, 223. _Tree of Life_, i. 212. Tripods, ii. 323. _Tunica talaria_, ii. 94. Turanians, said to form part of the early population of Chaldæa, i. 19; etymology of the word, 20, 22. Turkish compared to the tongue of early Chaldæa, i. 19. Turks, their bad administration, i. 11. Tyre, i. 16. U Ulbar, temple of, its angle-stone, i. 315. Unicorn, the, in Assyrian sculpture, ii. 164. Ur, i. 1, 15, 38, 47; ii. 265. Uroukh (or Erech), i. 38; the stones worshipped in its chief temple, 62. V Van, Lake, i. 395; ii. 213; remains of furniture found there, 314. Vaults, their common use in Mesopotamia, i. 144; their construction without centres, 167; their prevalence in Babylon according to Strabo, 169; at Firouz-Abad, 169; at Sarbistan, 169; of Sargon’s gateways, 224. Vegetation, marsh, ii. 223. Ventilating pipes in Chaldæan buildings, i. 157. Virgil quoted, i. 64. Vitruvius quoted, i. 116. Voguë, de M., ii. 314. Volcanoes in the valley of the Khabour, i. 121. Volutes, i. 205, 209. Vulnirari III., ii. 40. Vulush III., ii. 217. W