Fate of Nineveh after its iniquity was full; the very site unknown for ages, 53. Fishing carried on with a line merely, 131. Forbidden foods; fasts and humiliations in times of public calamity, 73. G. Gisdhubar epic; structure and contents; each of its twelve books corresponded to one of the signs of the zodiac; history of the Deluge contained in the eleventh book; Gisdhubar a solar hero, and his adventures compared with the labours of Hêraclês; resemblance of Accadian and Greek myths; date of the epic more than 2000 years before Christ; formed of older lays put together to form a single poem, 110-12. Goyim, over which Tidal was king, probably comprised in Gutium, or Kurdistan, 23. H. Hadadezer (the Biblical Benhadad) of Damascus formed a confederacy with Hamath and Israel against the Assyrians; Ahab's contingent; rout of the allies at Karkar, or Aroer, 31. Hades a dreary abode, where spirits flitted, like bats, among the crowned phantoms of heroes; palace of Allat, where the waters of life, near the golden throne, restored to life and the upper air those who drank of them; entrance, the River Datilla, 75-6. Hanging gardens, watered by means of a screw, 118. Hazael utterly routed by Shalmaneser II on the heights of Shenir; camp, chariots, and carriages captured, and siege laid to Damascus, 31. Helbon noted for its wines; still called Halbûn, 127. Highroads and brickyards placed under commissioners, 131-2. Human sacrifices an Accadian institution; children burnt to death as expiatory offerings by their fathers, 75. Hymn to the Sun-god, a mixture of exalted thought and debasing superstition, 113-5. Hymns in honour of the different deities collected into a sacred book; Semitic translations made, but the hymns recited long afterwards in the original Accadian language, 67-8. I. Inferior deities classed among 'the 300 spirits of heaven' and 'the 600 spirits of earth,' 57. Inscription containing Hezekiah's name transliterated and translated, 101-8. Israelite officials witnesses of deed of sale, 137. Istar, the great Accadian goddess, unlike the Beltis or Bilat, wife of Baal, had independent attributes as strongly marked as those of the gods, and was known as the evening star, 57; she became the Semitic Ashtoreth, and was the goddess of love, war, and the chase; she was associated with Tammuz; her different attributes, temples, and worship in different places, 62-4. J. Jehu's tribute to Shalmaneser II, gold and silver drinking vessels, a sceptre, and spear handles, 32. Jewish seals probably earlier than the Babylonish exile found at Diarbekr and other places near the Tigris and Euphrates, 138. K. Kandalanu, viceroy of Babylon twenty-two years; the father of Nabopolassar, 53. Karkar or Aroer, battle of, and defeat of Benhadad and his allies, 31.