Chthonic Powers, 272, 273. Chthonic Myths, see Myths. Cissians, see Kasshi. Cities, building of, fourth stage of culture, 123, 124. Classical Antiquity, meaning of the term; too exclusive study of, 12. Coffins, ancient Chaldean, found at Warka: "jar-coffins," 82; "dish-cover" coffins, 84; "slipper-shaped" coffin (comparatively modern), 84-86. Conjuring, against demons and sorcerers, 158-159; admitted into the later reformed religion, 236. Conjurors, admitted into the Babylonian priesthood, 250. Cossaeans, see Kasshi. Cosmogonic Myths, see Myths. Cosmogony, meaning of the word, 259; Chaldean, imparted by Berosus, 260-261; original tablets discovered by Geo. Smith, 261-263; their contents, 264 and ff.; Berosus again, 267. Cosmos, meaning of the word, 272. Cuneiform writing, shape and specimen of, 10; introduced into Chaldea by the Shumiro-Accads, 145. Cush, or Kush, eldest son of Ham, 186; probable early migrations of, 188; ancient name of Ethiopia, 189. Cushites, colonization of Turanian Chaldea by, 192. Cylinders: seal cylinders in hard stones, 113-114; foundation-cylinders, 114; seal-cylinders worn as talismans, 166; Babylonian cylinder, supposed to represent the Temptation and Fall, 266. D. Damkina, goddess, wife of Ea, mother of Meridug, 160. Decoration: of palaces, 58-62; of walls at Warka, 87-88. Delitzsch, Friedrich, eminent Assyriologist, favors the Semitic theory, 186. Deluge, Berosus' account of, 299-301; cuneiform account, in the 11th tablet of the Izdubar Epic, 314-317. Demon of the South-West Wind, 168. Diseases conceived as demons, 163. Divination, a branch of Chaldean "science," in what it consists, 251-252; collection of texts on, in one hundred tablets, 252-253; specimens of, 253-254. Draining of palace mounds, 70; of sepulchral mounds at Warka, 86-87. Dumuzi, the husband of the goddess Ishtar, 303; the hero of a solar Myth, 323-326. Dur-Sharrukin, (see Khorsabad), built in hilly region, 50. E. Ea, sometimes Zi-ki-a, the Spirit of the Earth and Waters, 154; protector against evil spirits and men, 160; his chief sanctuary at Eridhu, 215; second god of the first Babylonian Triad, 239; his attributions, 240; one of the "twelve great gods," 246. Eabani, the seer, 304; invited by Izdubar, 304-305; becomes Izdubar's friend, 307; vanquishes with him the Elamite tyrant Khumbaba, 308; smitten by Ishtar and Anatu, 310; restored to life by the gods, 314. E-Babbara, "House of the Sun," 215, 248. Eber, see Heber. El, see Ilu. Elam, kingdom of, conquered by Asshurbanipal, 194; meaning of the name, 220.