Want of space forbids our dwelling longer on this subject, and for the same reason we will say nothing about the numerous monuments of the period of the Persian Achæmenids, nor with yet stronger reason, of the time of the Parthians, Arsacids, and Sassanians, which does not enter into the scheme of our present volume. And yet, in bringing this rapid sketch to a conclusion, we will remark that, of all the discoveries made by M. de Morgan, that which is perhaps most admired by the public is the gold jewellery, set with precious stones, which came from the tomb of a woman of the period of the Persian Achæmenids. It is advisable to compare it from a technical point of view with the more ancient jewellery of the Elamite period. These bracelets, pendants, and gold beads, these multiple rows of the richest necklaces, bear witness to the extraordinary luxury of the courts of Darius and Xerxes, and may well dazzle us. Noticeable among these treasures are pendants formed of minute gold curls, in imitation of the curled and wavy manes of lions. Here I believe we find an artistic innovation of striking originality in a form of art bound by conventions and traditions. The setting of the gems in gold mounts of marvellous delicacy has not in any civilisation attained a higher level than in Achæmenian Susa. It is necessary to use a magnifying glass to examine this minute and delicate work. Here is the perfection of the goldsmith’s art, and these Persian jewels of the fifth century B.C. now form a preponderant and essential factor in the question round which so much controversy rages, of the origin of cloisonné jewellery. INDEX. Absalom, Tomb of, 234. Abu Habbah, 2, 12, 42. Abu Shahrein, 2, 3, 10, 18, 73, 76. Achæmenid dynasty, Palaces of, 56, 118, 147 ff. jewellery, 337. Addume, 294. “Æginetan smile,” 273. Afaj, 36. Agade, 47, 308, 319, 320. Ahasuerus, 139. Ahura-mazda, 165, 166, 172, 179. Ain el-Hayât, 240. Alabaster,-- thresholds of, 17. statuette of, 42. uses of, in Assyrian architecture, 85. Phœnician mortuary vases of, 259. vases, 307, 335. beads, 336. horns, 336. Ala-Safat, 230. Alexander the Great, 312. Altar of burnt-offerings, the, 221. bronze, 327. Amanus, 60. Amathus,-- vase of, 31, 77. tombs at, 260. colossus of, 271, 272. iconic statues from, 274. sarcophagus from, 291. patera from, 291. Amethyst, 142. Ampulla, sacred, on cylinder, 47. Amrith, 239, 248, 253, 264, 277. Amulets, 17, 21, 44, 51, 259. Animals,-- figures of, on Chaldæan tiles, 19. representation of, in Assyrian sculpture, 107, 108, 109. Annipi, 294. Antiphellus, 177. Antonia, Tower of, 210, 211, 212, 218, 232. Anunit, the goddess, 2. Anzan, 302. Anzanite inscription, 304, 307, 319. on gold sheets, 336. “Apadâna” of Persian palaces, 154, 157, 168, 301. Aperlæ, 177. Apes, in Assyrian sculpture, 109. Appian, on harbours of Carthage, 250. Aradus, 247. Arak et Emir, 232. Araunah, 205, 208, 215.