Arbela (see Arvil). Arch, use of, by Assyrians, 55. of Titus, 226. Archers, frieze of, at Susa, 169, 170. Architraves, 77, 152. Archivolt, at Khorsabad, 116. Aristophanes, 41. Aristotle, on Babylon, 79. Ark, Jewish, 224, 225. Armenia, 76. Arrangement of rooms in Chaldæan palaces, 16. Arrian, on tomb of Cyrus, 177. Artaxerxes Mnemon, 168, 183. Artaxerxes Ochus, 152. Arvil, 51. Asmonæan kings of Judæa, 218. Asrinilu, 46. Assurbanipal, 60, 72, 92, 310. campaign of, against his brother, 80. as canephoros, 89. with his wife, 101, 102. progress of sculpture in time of, 113. furniture of, 135. Assur-nasir-pal, 60, 61, 72, 91, 92, 138, 139. statue of, 86. progress of art under, 112. Astarte, 241, 243, 245, 260, 264, 279. “Atesh-gahs,” 173, 174. Athieno, 242, 270, 271. Attitude of prayer (see GESTURES). Baal-Hammon, 245, 246, 263, 267, 268, 269. Baal-Samaim, 245. Babel, Tower of, 4. Babil, mound of, 16, 52, 73. Babylon, 1, 60, 118. walls of, 5, 79, 80, 81. modelling in clay at, 39, 123. buildings at, 52. temple of Bel at, 73. extent of, 79. Bagdad, 15. Bahr-el-Huleh, 230. Balaneum (see Banias). Balawat, 51. gates of, 126, 127. Banias, 246. “Baphomet,” 202. Baris, Tower of (see ANTONIA). Basalt stela, 34. Base of columns, 11, 12, 43, 64, 65. Basement (see PLATFORM). Basilica of Herod, 219. Basin, movable, in Jewish Temple, 229. Basins before temples, 31, 77. Basket, mystical, 36, 37, 89. Bas-reliefs,-- Chaldæan, 23-6, 324. Assyrian, 54, 91-3, 311. Persian, 159-66. Hittite, 187-91, 193-202. Phœnician, 262-4. Carthaginian, 266-9. Cypriote, 274-6. Elamite, bronze, 327. Battlements,-- of platform at Khorsabad, 53. of walls of Assyrian towns, 81, 82, 110. of platform at Persepolis, 152. Bavian, 187. Beads, 336. Bel, the god-- temple of, at Babylon, 7, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 119, 125. Bel and the Dragon, Book of, 77. Belisarius, 227. Belshazzar, 114. Belus, the river, 283, 287. Berosus, 2, 119. Berytus, 247. Bes, the god, 259, 264, 271, 272. Birds, treatment of, in Chaldæan art, 25. in Assyrian art, 109. offered to the gods, 331, 332. Birejik, stela from, 187. Birket-Israîl, 208. Birs Nimroud, Mound of, 6, 16, 52, 73. Bit-kutalli, 70. Bitumen, use of, as mortar, 5, 6, 8, 17, 20, 314. Boar on Babylonian tablet, 128. Boaz, the column so-called, 227. Boghaz-Keui, 191. Borsippa, 78. Botta, E., 66, 142. Boulé, M., 246. Bracelets, Assyrian, 142, 143. Elamite, 335. Achæmenian, 337. “Brazen Sea” in Jewish Temple, 77, 228. Branchidæ, 28. Brick column at Susa, 315. Bricks,-- use of, by Chaldæans, 3-8, 10, 17, 19. by Assyrians, 53, 65, 74, 116-20. by Persians, 167-72. by Hittites, 191. by Elamites, 314. Bronze, 12, 18, 35-7, 63, 70, 125-34, 227-9, 288-92. use of, in Susa, 326. altar, 327. cylinders, 327. bas-relief, 327. statues, 330. knuckle-bone, Temple of Didyma, 313.