Ziggurats, their peculiar shape and uses, 48; used as observatories attached to temples, 234; meaning of the word, 278; their connection with the legend of Paradise, 278-280; their singular orientation and its causes, 284-286; Ziggurat of Birs-Nimrud (Borsippa), 280-283; identified with the Tower of Babel, 293. Zi-ki-a, see Ea. Zirlab, see Sir-burla. Zodiac, twelve signs of, familiar to the Chaldeans, 230; signs of, established by Anu, 265; represented in the twelve books of the Izdubar Epic, 318-321. * * * * * * TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES Page vii Introduction Chapter 4: Corrected to start at page 94 Pages ix, 92, 93, 214, 215, Illustrations 44, 59: Sirgulla standardised to Sir-gulla Page xi: Contents Chapter VIII: Added Sec. marker for section 12 Page xiii: Full-stop (period) added after sittliche Weltordnung Pages xiii-xv Principal works: Normalised small caps in author names Page xiv: Menant standardised to Menant Page 36: Throughly corrected to thoroughly Illustration 9: Chippiez standardised to Chipiez Page 60: head-dress standardised to headdress Page 64: gate-ways standardised to gateways Page 68: Sufficent corrected to sufficient Illustration 33: Full stop (period) added to caption after louvre Page 104: life-time standardised to lifetime Page 105: Bibliotheque standardised to Bibliotheque Page 116: Double-quote added before ... In this Page 126: new-comers standardised to newcomers Pages 131, 375: Japheth standardised to Japhet Pages 147, 196, 371: Altai standardised as Altai Pages 154, 397, 404: Zi-ki-a standardised as Zi-ki-a Page 154: Anunna-ki standardised to Anunnaki Page 157: Uru-gal standardised as Urugal Page 157: 'who may the rather' rendered as 'who may then rather' Page 160: Meri-dug standardised to Meridug Page 163: Apostrophe added to patients Page 172: Mulge standardised to Mul-ge Page 210: Hyphen added to countercurrent Pages 214, 215, 375 Illustration 59: Sirburla standardised as Sir-burla Page 218: Dovoted corrected to devoted Pages 221, 360, 379: Shinear standardised to Shinear Page 225: Kadimirra standardised to Ka-dimirra Page 228: Cossaeans standardised to Cossaeans Footnote AN: Ur-ea as in original (not standardised to Ur-ea) Page 234: Full-stop (period) removed after "from the North" Page 234: Italics removed from i.e. to conform with other usages Pages 241, 246: Nindar standardised to Nin-dar Page 249: Babilu standardised to Bab-ilu Page 254: Double quote added after For instance:-- Footnote AT: Asshurbanipal standardised to Assurbanipal Illustration 70: Illustration number added to illustration. Page 297: border-land standardised to borderland Page 302: Double quote added at the end of paragraph 6 Illustration 77: EABANI'S replaced with EABANI'S. Page 323: death-like standardised to deathlike