Medicine, early use, 162; Egyptian influence, 163; court physicians, 164; in Assyria, 164; doctors’ letters, 218 Metals, use of, 131; where found, 132; method of working, 132; copper, 133; prices for, 147 Money-lending, a lucrative profession, 151; a coin currency, 152; repayments, 153; rate of interest, 153, 154; securities, 155; Assyrian interest, 156; standard of coins, 158; fixed values, 160 Monotheism in hymns, 262 Moon-god, temple of, 2; cult of, 257; hymn to, 261 Murasu, the firm of, 161 Music and its cultivation, 166 Naming a child, 44; and a god, 45; reasons for changes, 46 Nebo-akhi-iddin, contract of, 75 Nebuchadnezzar’s army, 181 Nergal, the Lord of the Dead, 65 Nidinti, case of the slave in, 70 Nineveh, letters in library at, 216 Nippur, excavations at, 3; its god, _ibid._; its origin, 4; the temple, 236 Nublâ, a law case, 15; her slave, 71; apprenticing a slave, 141 Oannes. _See_ “Ea” Oracles, in writing, 48 Palms, high prices, 127 Paradise, origin of, 95 Partnerships, frequent, 127; with women, 128; form of deeds of, 128, 129; terms of, 129 Peters, Dr., quoted, 66 Philology cultivated, 57, 58 Phœnicians, 183 Physical exercises, 48, 52 Pilasters, use of, 91 Poets, position of, 165 Polygamy, among Babylonians, restricted, 27; but possible, 27, 28 Porcelain, trade in, 137 Portents, the study of, 59, 60 Postal system established, 104; extensive use, 228 Priest, dress of, 101; classes of, 249; eunuch-priests, 250; marriage, 252 Prisons, 206 Professions: bankers, 151; barristers, 161; doctors, 162; poets, 165; musicians, 165, 166; artists, 166 Property, a legal point relating to, 23; a woman’s power, _ibid._; disputes, 42; temple prop, 255 Prostitution in Babylonia, 30, 252 Punishments, legal. _See_ “Law” Qubtâ, and her slave, 70 Quddâ, and his slave, 70 Rab-mugi, or court-physician, 164 Rab-saris, office of, 176 Rab-shakeh, or vizier, knowledge of language, 57; office of, 176 Religion, letters relating to, 223; popular superstition, 231, 257; twofold influence in official creed, _ibid._; Sumerian and Semitic conceptions compared, 232; Shamanism, 235; ideograph, 236; the centres and their influence, 236, 237; Semitic influence, 237 ff.; Istar, 239; Tammuz, 240; the origin of things, 241; various beliefs, 242; Hades, 242; cosmological, 243; sacred books, 244; hymns, 244, 260; numerous services, 245; temples, 246; sacrifices, 248; hierarchy, 249; temple revenues, 253, 255; witchcraft, 259; exorcisms, 260; monotheism, 263 Rimanni-Bel, a slave’s adoption cancelled, 40 Sabbath, origin of word, 245; customs, _ibid._ Sacred books, 244 Sacrifices, various kinds, 248 Sandals used, 100, 101 Sargon, his empire, 5, 6; a tradition of, 83; houses in time of, 92; dress, 101; survey of land, 122; carpenters’ trade under, 134 Satraps, or governors, 176