p. 6, l. 3, _for_ 2500 B.C. _read_ 2400 B.C. p. 6, l. 18, _for_ 2500 B.C. _read_ 2400 B.C. p. 43, l. 7 from foot, _read_ both French and English explorers p. 62, l. 2, _for_ considerable _read_ much p. 89, l. 5, _for_ ± _read_ — p. 110, l. 2, _for_ 2500 B.C. _read_ 2400 B.C. p. 125, l. 7 from foot, _for_ or _read_ and p. 130, l. 23, _for_ 2400 B.C. _read_ 2350 B.C. p. 155, l. 31, _for_ having _read_ have p. 235, l. 9 from foot, _for_ Sumu-la-ilu _read_ Sumu-ilu p. 247, l. 1, _for_ 2500 B.C. _read_ 2400 B.C. p. 249, l. 35, _after_ crudeness _read_ these heads The reference numbers as printed on Plates VII to XI are inaccurate, and should be altered as follows, in agreement with the List of Illustrations and the references in the text:— _Present number _Correct number and position_ and position_ ZIGGURAT OF ASHUR-NAṢIR-PAL VII _Facing_ p. 64 VIII Facing p. 78 INSCRIPTIONS ON CLAY VIII ” 78 IX ” 106 RUINED MOUNDS AND COURT OF MEN IX ” 106 X ” 132 WATER CONDUIT, NIPPUR X ” 132 XI ” 138 EXCAVATIONS IN TEMPLE COURT XI ” 138 VII ” 64 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION— (_a_) Land and People 1 (_b_) Sketch of Babylonian and Assyrian History 28 II. EXCAVATIONS 40 III. DECIPHERMENT OF THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS 85 IV. CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS 95 V. ARCHITECTURE 119 VI. SCULPTURE 181 VII. METALLURGY 242 VIII. PAINTING 270 IX. CYLINDER-SEALS 284 X. SHELL-ENGRAVING AND IVORY-WORK 309 XI. TERRA-COTTA FIGURES AND RELIEFS 317 XII. STONEWARE AND POTTERY 325 XIII. DRESS, MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC. 337 XIV. LIFE, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, LAW, RELIGION 364 SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY 406 LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT KINGS AND RULERS AND A BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY 408 INDEX 411 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE IN COLOURS PLATE I. Coloured Lion at Khorsabad _Frontispiece_ PLATES IN HALF-TONE FACING PAGE II. Kouyunjik and Nebi Yûnus (two views) 42