Glass, 283-8.
vase of Sargon, 285.
transparent, invention of, by Phœnicians, 283.
opaque, origin of, in Egypt, 284.
manufacture of, at Tyre and Sidon, 287.
Glazed statuettes in Phœnicia, 278.
sandstone, 314, head-dress, 334.
Glazed tiles,--
in Chaldæa, 19.
in Assyria, 116-20.
in Persia, 167-72.
in Susa, 314.
Gold--
disks as money, 335.
rings, 335.
studs, 328, 334.
statuette, 331.
filigree, 331.
settings for gems, 337.
pendants, 337.
“Golden Gate” of Jewish Temple, 217.
Golgoi, 242.
Gophna, 235.
Gozo, 243.
Græco-Parthian kings, 12.
“Great City,” The, 81.
Greek--
artists in Persia, 148, 160.
influence in Cypriote art, 272, 273, 276, 281.
influence in Jewish art, 234, 236.
Griffin’s head, 336.
Gudea, 309.
palace of, at Tello, 3, 8-20.
cones bearing name of, 38.
statues of, 26-9.
plan of fortress upon statue of, 81.
inscriptions upon statues of, 112.
Gypsum, 53.
Hadrian, 249.
Hadrumetum, 268.
Hæmatite, 44, 334.
Hagiar Kim, 224.
Hair--
shaved in Chaldæan statuettes, 36.
treatment of, in Assyrian sculpture, 100.
in Persian art, 160, 170.
in Hittite art, 188, 190, 193, 194, 196, 200.
in Phœnician art, 262.
in Cypriote art, 270, 273, 274.
treatment of, in Elamite art, 329.
shaved in Elamite statuettes, 331.
Haldia, the god, 76, 77.
Hamath, 185.
Hammurabi, 44, 309, 323.
Hanbury, Col., Chaldæan sword belonging to, 37.
Haram esh-Sherif, 211.
Harbours of Carthage, 250.
of Tyre and Sidon, 250.
of Thapsus, 252.
of Utica, 252.
Hareem of Chaldæan palace, 16.
of Assyrian palace, 69, 70.
of Solomon’s palace, 232.
Harness, Assyrian, 141.
Phœnician, 277.
Head-dress,--
Chaldæan, 23, 26, 28, 40, 41, 321.
of gods and genii, 36, 200, 317.
Assyrian, 101, 143.
Median, 146.
Persian, 170, 179, 181.
Hittite, 188, 191, 195, 198, 200.
Cypriote, 270, 271, 273.
Hebron, 232, 233, 234.
“Heit-el-Maghreby,” 213.
Helmets, Assyrian, 128.
Heracles, 274.
Herod, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214, 223.
Herodian masonry, 212, 213, 215, 216, 232, 234.
Herodotus,--
on use of bricks at Babylon, 5.
on temple of Bel at Babylon, 73, 74, 77, 78.
on fortress of Ecbatana, 74, 75.
on the royal city of Babylon, 80.
on figures of “Sesostris” in Ionia, 112, 201.
on absence of temples and statues in Persia, 172.
on treatment of dead by Persians, 175.
on “_persis_,” 179.
Heuzey, M.,--
on sculpture at Tello, 23.
on eagle and lion tablet, 24.
on “_kaunakes_,” 32, 41.
on Assyrian statuettes, 121.
on statuette of the “Divine Mother,” 124.
on archaic school of art in Thessaly, 160.
Hezekiah, 233.
Hieroglyphs, Elamite, 305.
“High places,” 231, 239.
Hinnom, valley of, 205.
Hiram, 206.
Hiram-Abi, 226.
Hit, 5.
Holy of Holies, 222, 224, 225.
Holy Place, 222, 224, 226.
Horn, bronze, discovered at Tello, 37.
Horns,--
as ornaments of head-dress, 23, 26, 36, 200, 317, 321.
of bronze statuette, 35.
bull’s, alabaster, 336.
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