I-AM'BLI-CHUS. Author of a _Babylonica_, 56 IDOLATRY. Legend _re_ origin of, 232; Laban's images, 266-268 _IG'I-GI_, THE. Spirits of heaven, 90 IK-SU'DA (Grasper). Attendant hound of Merodach, 202 IL-A-BRAT. Minister of Anu, 117 ILL'AT. Carthaginian deity, 330 IL-TE'HU (Holder). Attendant hound of Merodach, 202 IMAGE-S. Stars and, 233 IM-GÛR-BEL. City of, 354 'INCANTATION OF ERIDU.' The ceremony of the, 270 INDIA-NS. Semiramis makes war on Strabrobates, King of, 26, 27; followers of Zarathustra fled to; descendants, the Parsis of, 334; Araucanian, of Chile, 336 IN'ESH. The pilot of Eridu, 115 IN'MAR-MA'ON. City of, 108 INSCRIPTION-S. Of Shalmaneser I, 351; of Tukulti-ninip, 351 IR'KAL-LA. The abode of; the house of darkness, 128, 169 IR'NI-NA. A form of Ishtar, 165 IS-AI'AH. Jerusalem described by, 191; reference to Sargon's expedition against Ashdod mentioned by, 350 ISH'NU, Ura's counsellor, 269 ISH'TAR. Goddess; fame of Semiramis mingled with that of the, 28; goddess of Nineveh, 94, 212; court of Zamama and, 101; witnesses plunder of Erech by Dibarra, 106, 107; both male and female, 111; significance, 123-144; generic designation for goddess, 124; equivalents, Ashteroth or Astarte, 124, 327; cult of Aphrodite began in that of, 124; Esther and, 124, 140-144; identified with Venus, 124, 235; identified with Nin-lil, 124; the consort of Asshur, 125; descent into Hades of, 125-126; war-goddess, 127, 213, 214; consort of Tammuz, 127; consort of Merodach and Assur, 127; identified with Dawkina, 137; a goddess of vegetation, 137, 138; slays Eabani, 158; Ir-nina a form of, 165; love of, for Gilgamesh, 167, 168; Anu father of, 168; Anatu mother of, 168; Lady of 'the Gods,' 176; Assyrians and, 211-214; Assur-nazir-pal and, 214; confusion between Belit and, 228; Aphrodite and, connected, 235; sixth month sacred to, 236; temple of E-anna dedicated to, 250; magic and, 258; variant, Ashtart, 326, 327, 330; great gate of, discovered by Dr Koldewey, 372 ISH'UM. Attendant of Dibarra, 106-108 I'SIS. Osiris and, 133; journey to, as Astarte, 328 ISRAELITES. Worship of Dodo, or Dod, by the side of Yahveh, by the, 190 I'YAR. The second month, sacred to Ea, 236 IZ-DU'BAR or GISDHUBAR. Provisional name of Gilgamesh, 156 J