Palace,-- of Gudea at Tello, 8-22. of Sargon at Khorsabad, 67-72. of Cyrus at Madar-i-Soleiman, 148-50. of Darius at Nakhsh-i-Rustam, 150. of Xerxes, 150-8. of Artaxerxes, 157. of Solomon, 231. Palestrina, 290, 293. Palm-wood, use of, in roofing houses, 15, 60, 158. pillars of, 63. Paphos, 241, 242. Parthians, 12, 56. Partitions of rooms, 13, 54, 55. Pasargadæ, 147, 148, 150, 151, 160. Passages, vaulted, at Tello, 14. Patæci, 264. Pateræ, 127, 128, 289, 290. Patesi, 8, 46, 81, 308. Pausanias, on size of Babylon, 79. Pediments, 76, 77, 175, 235, 256, 267. Pendants, 336, 337. Pendentives, 159 (note). Perrot,-- on Assyrian voussoirs, 58, 59. on gates of Balawat, 126, 127. on Hittite sphinx, 193. on Hittite bas-reliefs, 199. on Cypriote terra-cottas, 280. Persepolis, 8, 147, 150, 162. Persepolitan capital, 153-6. Persis, 179. Perspective, ignorance of laws of, among Assyrians, 98, 110. Philostratus, 140. Phœnician bronzes in Assyria, 129. ivories in Assyria, 138. artists employed in Jewish Temple, 224. Pilasters, 9, 61, 77. Pillars, 10, 11, 63. (see COLUMNS). Pine-cone in Assyrian art, 111, 139. Pipes for drainage, 20. Pivot of door, 17, 18. Place, M. V., 54, 55, 61, 66, 117. Plan of Chaldæan fortress, 29, 81. Plaque,-- of bronze, 131-4. of ivory, 137, 138. Plaster, use of, in Chaldæa, 11, 18. in Assyria, 56, 114, 115. in Persia, 172. Platforms of buildings,-- in Chaldæa, 8. in Assyria, 52, 53, 67, 68. in Persia, 149-52. in Judæa, 207, 208. in Susa, 314. Pliny,-- on Babylonian embroidery, 140. on Telephanes, 148. on invention of glass, 283. Porphyry, 44, 153. Position-marks on masonry, 149. on bricks, 117, 118. Pottery, inferiority of, in Chaldæa, 38, 39. prehistoric, Elam, 304. Præneste, patera from, 289-93. Prehistoric remains, Susa, 303. Progress of art in Assyria, 111-13. in Cyprus, 270-3. Pshent, 263-71. Pteria, 191. Pudil, 38. Pygmæus, the god, 259, 276, 279. Rammanu, the god, 22, 144. Rammanu-nirari, 38, 92. Ras el-Ain, 249. Rassam, Mr. H., 72. Rawlinson, Sir H., 72, 300. Renan, M. E., 263, 265. Reseph, the god, 294. Rings, 335. Robinson’s Arch, 214. Rule, graduated, 29. Sacrifice, human, 49. Sadambaal, the god, 243. Sagasaltias, 22. Sakhra, 208. Sakkanak, 308. Samas, the god, 2, 22, 323, 324. shrine of, 12, 42, 43, 64. Samas-sum-ukin, 80. Samsi-Rammanu III., 88, 92. Sandals, 322. Sandstone, 304, 317. Sarcophagi, Phœnician, 256-9. Sargani (see SARGON I.). Sargani-sar ali, 308. Sargon I., 47, 48. Sargon II., 53, 57, 90, 61, 66, 76, 92, 93, 96, 106, 113, 116, 117, 270, 285. Sarvistan, 158, 159. Sarzec, M. de, 2, 10. Sassanian buildings, 56, 63, 158, 159. Saulcy, F. de, 235. Scheil, Père V., 301. on inscriptions, 305, 306, 319. Schrader, E., 81. Scipio Africanus, 266.