Matting used in brickwork, 5. to cover the roofs, 15, 242. M. de Morgan, 301, _et seq._ on Naram-Sin, 320, 321. Mecca, mosque of, 241. Medaïn Salih, 235. Median art, 146. Mehdia, 260. Melisihu, 325. Memnon, 300. Menant,-- on cylindrical seal of Sargon I., 47. on seals from Uruk, 48. on representation of human sacrifices, 49. Meshed-Murgab, 147. Mesopotamia,-- want of stone and timber in, 3, 4. quality of clay in, 4, 39. quantity of rain in, 6. Metals in Assyria, 125-34. Metellus Scipio, 141. Michaux, the Caillou Michaux, 33, 34, 325. “Mighzal,” 254. Miletus, 28. Minyeh, 231. Moab, 230, 231. Models of houses from Cyprus, 248. Money, probable use of metal disks, 336. Monolith of Siloam, 235. Moriah, Mount, 205, 206, 207, 208. Mortar used in Assyria, 54. used in Elam, 314. Moulds, Hittite, 202. Mugheir, 2, 3, 6, 8, 14, 20, 21, 38, 51, 73, 75. Müntz, M., on Babylonian embroidery, 140. Musasir, 76. Muscles, treatment of, in Assyrian art, 100. Myra, 177. Mythological figures in Chaldæan art, 33. Nabonidus,-- restoration of buildings by, 7, 22. foundation-cylinder of, 21, 22. architecture of time of, 52. Nabopolassar, 80. Nabu-ablu-iddin,-- stela of, 12, 42. “Naharaim,” 32. Nahum, on brick-making, 4. Nakhsh-i-Rustam, 147, 173, 176, 179. Name, stamped upon bricks, 5, 316. Nana, the goddess, 7, 309, 310, 333. Napir-Asu, Queen, 330. Naram-Sin, 308, 318. stela, 319 _et seq._ Nazi-Maruttas, 325. Nebi Yunus, 51. Nebo, the god, 7, 86. Nebuchadnezzar, 41, 79, 119, 209, 226. bricks bearing name of, 5. architecture of time of, 52. brings cedars from Lebanon, 60, 78. builds Tower of the Seven Lights, 73. restores E-saggil, 78. restores E-zida, 78. builds walls of Babylon, 80. Nebuzar-adan, 209. Necropolis,-- at Mugheir, 14, 20, 21, 38. at Warka, 38. at Marath, 253-5. at Sidon, 255, 256. at Dali, 259. at Amathus, 260. at Mehdia, 260. at Thina, 261. at Tyre, 254. at Adlun, 254. at Gebal, 256. at Caralis, 260. at Tharras, 260. at Jebel Kawi, 261. Negritic type, 322. Nehemiah, 232. Nejef, 50. Nero, 141, 211. Nicanor, Gate of, 220. Nimroud, 51, 52, 61, 62, 72, 111. Nineveh,-- walls of, 6. vaulting at, 13. extent of, 81. Nin Girsu, 10. Ninus, 119. Numeration, Elamite, 306. Nymphio, 201. Oannes, 2. Onyx, 44. Ophel, hill of, 205, 210, 231, 232. Oppert, 46, 79, 81. Orientation of Chaldæa buildings, 8. of Assyrian buildings, 67. Ornaments, 142, 143. Ourdeys, 82. Ovoid gems, 45. Painted bricks,-- Chaldæan, 19. Assyrian, 74, 116-20. Persian, 167-72. Painting,-- on façades of Chaldæan palace, 18, 19. on stucco in Assyrian palaces, 56, 114, 115. on Assyrian bas-reliefs, 115, 116. on Assyrian vases, 122. on walls of Persian buildings, 159, 172. in Cypriote pottery, 280.