Seals,-- Chaldæan, 44-9. Assyrian, 143-5. Median, 146. Persian, 180-3. Hittite, 203. Jewish, 230. Phœnician, 294-8. Elamite, 304, 335. Selamlik, 16. Seleucids, 210, 234. Semiramis, 76, 80, 119. Senkereh, 2, 21. Sennacherib, 60, 66, 67, 72, 92, 93, 103, 113, 139 (note). Sepharvaim, 2, 42. Sepulchral architecture in Assyria, 50. towers in Persia, 14 Seraglio, 16, 69. Sesostris, 112, 201. Set, the god, 294. Sewage, disposal of, 20. Shalmaneser III., 72, 89, 126. “Sharur,” 6. Shat el-Hai, 3. “Shenti,” 264. Shew-bread, 226. Shilkhak in Shushinak, 309. Shushinak, Temple of, 314, 330, 331, 336. Shutruk-Nakhunta, 309, 314, 315, 319, 323, 336. Sidon, 247, 250, 255, 289. Sidur canal, 308. Siloam, 232, 235. Silver, use of,-- in Chaldæa and Assyria, 21. in Elam, statuette, 332. mask, repoussé, 333. studs, 334. rings, 335. disks, 336. Sin, the god, 16. Sinjerli, 188. Sippara, 2, 323. Sirens, bronze, 129-30. Sirpurla, 3. Sivan, 4. Smith, G., 72. Sockets for pivot of door, 17, 18, 308. Solomon, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 215, 219, 221, 224, 232, 235. palace of, 231-2. porch of, 209, 211. Solus, 258. Sophia, church of Saint, 56, 159 (note). Sphinxes,-- Persian, 183. Hittite, 192, 193. Phœnician, 263. Stables, 17, 69, 70, 136. Staged towers, 15, 16, 72-6, 174, 314. Staircases, 8, 67, 151, 152. Standard, Assyrian, 133, 134. State saloon in Chaldæan palace, 17. Statues,-- from Tello, 26-30. of Assur-nasir-pal, 86. caryatid, 86, 87. iconic, in Cyprus, 265. captured by Scipio at Carthage, 266. colossal, in Cyprus, 270-272. of priest with dove, 273. bronze from Elam, 330. Statuettes,-- bronze, from Chaldæa, 35-8. of canephoros, 36, 37. kneeling, with cone, 36. of figure standing upon lion, 37, 38. terra-cotta, from Warka, 40. alabaster, from Chaldæa, 42. terra-cotta from Khorsabad, 121, 122. of Izdubar, 122. of Istar, 123-25. terra-cotta, from Phœnicia and Cyprus, 277-82. of Divine Mother, 124, 281. from Elam, bronze, 330. gold, 332. silver, 332. ivory, 335. Steatite, 43, 123. Stela,-- the “Vulture Stela,” 24-6, 321. of Samsi-Rammanu, 88. of Assurbanipal, as canephoros, 89. Hittite, from Birejik, 187. votive, from Carthage, 266. Chaldæan from Elam, 317. of Manishtu Irba, 316. of Naram-Sin, 319 _et seq._ Stone,-- want of, in Mesopotamia, 4. staircase of, at Abu Shahrein, 8. scanty use of, in Assyria, 50, 65. facing of, at Khorsabad, 52, 53. use of, in Persia, 149. want of, in Persia, 326. Stool, 135. Strabo,-- on use of vault in Babylonia, 15, 56. on use of palmwood pillars at Babylon, 63. on height of temple of Bel, 73. on tomb of Cyrus, 177. on rites of Cappadocian Astarte, 197. Stucco, 18, 114, 172. Stuffs manufactured in Chaldæa, 41. in Assyria, 105, 138, 139. Stylus, 308, 324. Sukkal-mah, 309. Sulci, 282. Sumerian language, 316.