LAB'AN. Jacob and, 267 LAB'AR-TU. The hag-demon, 271, 277 LADY OF THE GODS. Ishtar the, 176 LAG'ASH. The modern Tel-lo, earliest Semite monuments come from, 16; the priests of became kings, 16; Gudea high-priest of, 19, 355; Bau 'mother of,' 145 LA'HA-MÉ. God; birth of, 71 LAH'MU. God; birth of, 71 LAM-AS'SU. A spirit of similar type to the Sedu, 277 LAMENTATION-S. For Tammuz, 135, 136, 140; Rituals, 253-255 LANGUAGE. The Akkadian, 13, 14; Babylonian priesthood preserved old Akkadian tongue as a sacred, 14; Sumerians borrowed from rich Semitic tongue, 15; cuneiform writing, 60-66, _see_ Writing; Median, 65; Susian, 65; Assyrian, 65; Longpérier's translation of Assyrian, 66; of Babylonia and Assyria, compared, 205 LAR'SA. Shamash worshipped at, 109; Khammurabi's improvements at, 187 LA'YARD, Sir HENRY. Assur-bani-pal's library at Nineveh and, 35, 46; archæological researches at Nineveh, 46, 155, 344, 346; researches of, at Nimrûd, 340, 342-344, 346 LEGEND-S. Jewish, _re_ Abram and Nimrod, 51; Persian, _re_ Abram and Nimrod, 52, 53; the creation, 193-195; of Etana, 195; of the origin of star-worship, 232-3; the, of Ura, 268-270; of a dog, 291, 292; 'Cuthæan, of creation,' 294-6 LENORMANT. Hebrew and Assyrian poetry and, 322 LEO, SIGN OF. Recalls the slaying of Khumbaba, 182 LETTER-S. Franked by clay seals bearing name of Sargon, 18 LEVI, ELIPHAS. The Baphomet goat and, 293 LIA FAIL, THE. The Stone of Destiny; reference to, 248 LIBRARY. Assur-bani-pal's, 35, 46, 71, 261, 282, 346; the temple in 'Tablet Hill,' 363 LIGHT. Merodach and Tiawath, and the primal strife between darkness and, 79 LITERATURE. Babylonian art and, under Khammurabi the Great, 20; Assur-bani-pal and Babylonian, 35; sacred, of Babylonia, 67-69 LIVER-READING. By priests, 281-283 LOFTUS, WILLIAM KENNET. Successor of Mr Hormuzd Rassam, 346, 347 LO'KI. God of fire; Nergal not unlike, 106 LU'GAL-BAN'DA. Storm-bird god; like Prometheus, 93 LU'GAL-ZUG-GI'SI. King of Erech; famous text of, found by Hilprecht, 366 M