PAGE SHAMASH THE SUN-GOD. _From a tablet in the British Museum._ _Frontispiece._ 1. CUNEIFORM CHARACTERS _Menant._ 10 2. TEMPLE OF EA AT ERIDHU _Hommel._ 23 3. VIEW OF EUPHRATES NEAR BABYLON _Babelon._ 31 4. MOUND OF BABIL _Oppert._ 33 5. BRONZE DISH _Perrot and Chipiez._ 35 6. BRONZE DISH (RUG PATTERN) _Perrot and Chipiez._ 37 7. SECTION OF BRONZE DISH _Perrot and Chipiez._ 39 8. VIEW OF NEBBI-YUNUS _Babelon._ 41 9. BUILDING IN BAKED BRICK. _Perrot and Chipiez._ 43 10. MOUND OF NINEVEH _Hommel._ 45 11. MOUND OF MUGHEIR (ANCIENT UR) _Taylor._ 47 12. TERRACE WALL AT KHORSABAD _Perrot and Chipiez._ 49 13. RAFT BUOYED BY INFLATED SKINS (ANCIENT) _Kaulen._ 51 14. RAFT BUOYED BY INFLATED SKINS (MODERN) _Kaulen._ 51 15. EXCAVATIONS AT MUGHEIR (UR) _Hommel._ 53 16. WARRIORS SWIMMING ON INFLATED SKINS _Babelon._ 55 17. VIEW OF KOYUNJIK _Hommel._ 57 18. STONE LION AT ENTRANCE OF A TEMPLE _Perrot and Chipiez._ 59 19. COURT OF HAREM AT KHORSABAD. RESTORED _Perrot and Chipiez._ 61 20. CIRCULAR PILLAR BASE _Perrot and Chipiez._ 63 21. INTERIOR VIEW OF HAREM CHAMBER _Perrot and Chipiez._ 65 22, 23. COLORED FRIEZE IN ENAMELLED TILES _Perrot and Chipiez._ 67 24. PAVEMENT SLAB _Perrot and Chipiez._ 69 25. SECTION OF ORNAMENTAL DOORWAY, KHORSABAD _Perrot and Chipiez._ 71 26. WINGED LION WITH HUMAN HEAD _Perrot and Chipiez._ 73 27. WINGED BULL _Perrot and Chipiez._ 75 28. MAN-LION _Perrot and Chipiez._ 77 29. FRAGMENT OF ENAMELLED BRICK _Perrot and Chipiez._ 79 30. RAM'S HEAD IN ALABASTER _British Museum._ 81 31. EBONY COMB _Perrot and Chipiez._ 81 32. BRONZE FORK AND SPOON _Perrot and Chipiez._ 81 33. ARMENIAN LOUVRE _Botta._ 83 34, 35. VAULTED DRAINS _Perrot and Chipiez._ 84 36. CHALDEAN JAR-COFFIN _Taylor._ 85 37. "DISH-COVER" TOMB AT MUGHEIR _Taylor._ 87 38. "DISH-COVER" TOMB _Taylor._ 87 39. SEPULCHRAL VAULT AT MUGHEIR _Taylor._ 89 40. STONE JARS FROM GRAVES _Hommel._ 89 41. DRAIN IN MOUND _Perrot and Chipiez._ 90 42.