'stele of vultures' erected by, discovered by de Sarzec, 355 EARTH. The _Annunaki_, the spirits of, 90; -mother, worship of, 318, 319 E-BABB'ARA. 'The shining house'; name of Shamash's sanctuary, 109, 249 EC-BA-TA'NA. Cyaxares, the Scythian king of, 36 ECLIPSE. Terror of, to Babylonians, 255, 256; the fatal, in case of Assur-Dan III, 307-309 E'DOM. Worship of Hadad extended from Carchemish to, 189 E-GIG-UN-NÛ. 'House of the Tomb'; the temple-tower of Nippur, 362 EGYPT. Semitic immigrants in, 15; conquered by Semiramis, 26; Esar-haddon wars with, 31; Nebuchadrezzar invades, 37; cult of Ishtar in, 124; Semitic religion in, 331; excavations in, 339 E-KUR. The temple of, 248, 253; temples of E-Sagila and, 249 E'LAM-ITES. Northern Mesopotamia and, overcome by Sargon, 17; yoke of, thrown off by Khammurabi, 20; name of Khumbaba argues enmity between Babylon and, 166; Assur-bani-pal and gods of the, 204; votive object from, 248 EL-BUGÂT. Feast of, 134 EL-IS'SA. Dido confounded with, 190 _Elôhim_. Term employed in Genesis, 327 EN-KI. Variant of Ea, 116 EN-LIL. The god, 14; temple of, unearthed, 47; Merodach and, 84; earlier name of Bel, 95-97; a god of vegetation, 96; symbol of winged bull represents, 97; word _lil_ signifies a 'demon,' 97; Beltis (Nin-lil), wife of, 101; Hadad resembled, 188; Ramman, son of, 221; temple of E-Kur sacred to, 248 EN-MASH'TI. Name of Ninib translated by Canaanites as, 326 E'NOCH, BOOK OF. Quoted, 294 E'NOS. Son of Seth, 232 EPH'ES-US. Patroness of, and Diana, 235 EP-I-PHA'NI-US. His allegations _re_ Nimrod, 49 ER'ECH. Part of Nimrod's kingdom, 49; temple of, 82; Dibarra plunders, 106-109; centre of Ishtar's cult, 124; Gilgamesh, prince of, 154; temple of Ishtar at, 248 ER'ESH-KI-GAL (Allatu). The mistress of Hades, 129 ER-I-DU. Babylonian civilization grouped round, 14; the home of Ea, or Oannes, the god of light and wisdom, 14; Ur a near neighbour of, 15; culture of, and Babylon, 15; 'magical' hymns emanated from, 68; worshippers of Ea at, 72; temple of Ea at, 111; the deluge and, 116; supremacy of, passes to Babylon, 199; Merodach originated at, 200 E-SAG-I'LA. Nabonidus and the priests of, 41; Nebo's shrine, E-Zila, in temple of, 185; name of Merodach's temple at Babylon, 200; temples of E-Kur and, 249; temple of, 250, 368, 374, 375 E-SAGILA. Tower in Babylon, 47, 374, 375 E'SAR-HAD'DON. Son of Sennacherib, 31; Assur-bani-pal succeeded, as King of Assyria, 34; Ishtar and, 212; 'the most likeable' of the Assyrian kings, 306, 307; palace built by, unearthed by Layard, 343 ESHMÛN. The god of force and healing, 328, 330 ESHMUN-MEL'KARTH. Phœnician combination, 328 ES'THER. Ishtar and, 124, 140-144; Book of, why written, 141; equivalent, Ishtar, 142; Lang, on story of, 142, 143; Xerxes and, 143; variant, Hadassah, 143; Dr Jastrow on Book of, 143 ET-A'NA. The legend of, 195 ETHICS. Babylonian and Assyrian, 337, 338