Assyrian differs in many respects from the other Semitic languages. There are few gutturals, these having been mostly smoothed out. Thus 'Ba'l' became 'Bel,' and 'Hadad,' 'Adad.' On the other hand it is thought that the cuneiform inscriptions may have omitted guttural sounds. The cuneiform system of writing is so imperfect and complicated that we must make certain reservations in our acceptance of the transcriptions of contemporary Assyriologists, and it must therefore be understood that Assyrian names and words as we know them and as found in the present work and index may be yet greatly modified by future researches. Assyrian names as known to-day are pronounced according to analogy gleaned from the pronunciation of the other Semitic languages. Thus 'Shin'ar' is spelt with the Hebrew _'ain_, (guttural _a_) in the Scriptures, and we are unaware whether the Scriptural author interpolated the guttural or not. Analogy in this instance is not nearly so valuable a guide as in the case of Egyptian, where we have in Coptic the modern form of the Egyptian language to guide us, nor is it at all likely that we shall ever know much more than we do concerning the pronunciation of a language the written symbols of which are so uncertain as regards their precise alphabetic values. INDEX A Aa or Â. Consort of Shamash, 110 ABED'NEGO. One of Daniel's companions, 38 AB'RAM. Ur, city of, 15, 145, 249; Nimrod and, 51-56; Jewish legends _re_, 51, 52; Persian traditions _re_, 52, 53; another tradition _re_, preserved in the East, 53-56; star Venus and, 55 AB'U-HABB'AH. The ancient site of Sippar, 177 ABYDENUS. Statement of, _re_ Ea, 112 ABYSS, THE. Paradise and, 82 ACCA'D. Part of Nimrod's kingdom, 49 ACHÆMENIDÆ. Cyaxares' son dethroned by, 333 A'DAD. Equivalent, Hadad, 187-191 A'DAD-EA. Ut-Napishtim's ferry-man, 172; Gilgamesh consults, 172; Ut-Napishtim, Gilgamesh and, 178 A'DAD-NARARI IV. Son of Assur-Dan III, 308 ADAM. The sons of, 232 AD'APA. The South Wind and, story of, 116-121 AD'AR. Sun-god of Nippur; Hymn to, 68; connected with the pig, 93, 294 AD'NA. Wife of Azar; according to an Eastern tradition the parents of Abram, 54 AD-ÔNIS. Smyrna, mother of, reference to, 127; myth of related to that of Tammuz, 131 AEDORACHUS. Of Pantibiblon, reference to, 112 ÆLIAN. Of Gilgamos (Gilgamesh); grandson of Sokkaros, 157 AF-AN-AS-I'EF. On vampires, 266 AFRICA, 329; Semitic religion in, 331 A'HAB. King of Israel, overthrown by Shalmaneser II, 24 A'HI-MI-TI. Sargon displaces Azuri by, 210 AH'RI-MAN. Mazda and Sraosha overcome, 337 AHURA MAZDA. Good principle of Zarathustra's religion, 334; creator of the universe, 335 A-I'BU. The serpent, 289 AKK'AD. Kingdom founded by Semites, 16; King Sargon of, founds first great Semitic empire in Babylonia, 16 AKK-AD'IANS. Description of, 13-16; language, 13, 14; Babylonian Semites receive germs of culture from the, 14; modern equivalent for the older, is the expression 'Sumerian,' 15;