NA-BO-NI'DES. Archæology fashionable in time of, 363 NABONIDOS. _See_ Nabonidus, 364 NA-BO-NI'DUS. The last of the Babylonian kings, 40, 110, 283; displaced by Cyrus, 41; cults of Merodach, Nabu, and Shamash, and, 377 NAB'O-POL-AS'SER. Reference to inscriptions of, 368; father of Nebuchadrezzar, 369, 370; Euphrates bridge, work of, 375; god Merodach and, 377 NAB'U, 175; Nusku and, connected, 225; Merodach and, paired, 228; Bel paired with, 228; Ramman-Nirari and, 228; called by Sargon 'the Seer who guides the gods,' 228; Mercury and, 235; tenth month sacred to, 237; tower of, 375; Nebuchadrezzar and, 377; Nabonidus and, 377 NAB'U-BALIDDIN. Shamash's temple restored by, 249 NABU-QUA'TI-ZA'BAT. Assur-bani-pal and, 304 NAB'U-USA'BI, King. Crucified by Tiglath-pileser II, 300 NA-BÛ-ZÈR-LÎ-SHIR. Scribe, 363 NAM'TAR. The plague-demon, 129 NANÂ. Merged in conception of Ishtar, 124; Assur-bani-pal and, 304 NAN'NAR. The moon-god of Ur, 145-149 NANN'AR-OS. Satrap of Babylon, 146-149 NANN'A-RU. The new moon, established by Merodach, 79 NA'RAM-SIN. Son of Sargon; title, 'King of the Four Zones,' 17, 19; Nabonidus and, 41; bricks discovered with name of, on, 47; 'Builder of the Temple of En-lil,' 247; omens and, 283; 'mould' of an inscribed stone belonging to Sargon I in palace of, 363 NE'BO. Hymn to, 69; son of Bel, 102; shrine sacred to, 102; Tashnit, wife of, 102, 185, 186; association with Merodach, 184-186; chief seat, Borsippa, 184, 326; as grain-god, 186; the altars of Yahveh dragged from, 190; temple of, 306, 346, 348 NEB'ROD. _See_ Nimrod NE-BICH-AD-REZ'ZAR I. Ramman and, 219 NEBUCHADREZZAR II (or NEBUCHADNEZZAR). King of Babylonia, reign of, 36-40; invades Egypt, 37; wars against Jerusalem, 37; puts Jehoiakim to death, 37; sets up Zedekiah as King of Jerusalem, 37; Daniel and, 37-40; his dreams, 37-40; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and, 38; ruins of palace of, explored in 1899, 47; Sir H. C. Rawlinson's discovery _re_, 104; Shamash's temple restored by, 249; Dr Andrae's discovery _re_, 356; Merodach and, 377 NEBUCHADREZZAR III. King of Babylonia, 41 NEM'ART. _See_ Nimrod NER'GAL. Temple of, at Cuthah, 82, 296; of Cuthah, 94; patron god of Cuthah, 105; not unlike Loki, 106; Dibarra, variant of, 106; Aralu and, 150, 151; shade of Eabani, and, 180; Mars and, 235; Canaanitish war-god, 326; worshipped by Phœnicians, 328 NEW YEAR. Assembly of gods at Babylon on first day of, 201; Merodach and, 201; Bau and, 251; Gudea and, 251 NI-BI'RU, Merodach's star, 79 NIM'ROD. The mighty hunter, 49-56; son of Chus, the Æthiop, 49; a reputed descendant of Ham, 49; figures in Biblical and Babylonian tradition, 49; built Babylon, 50; Greek named Nebrod or Nebros, 50; identified with Merodach, Gilgamesh, and Orion, 50; name found in Egyptian documents of XXII Dynasty as 'Nemart,' 50; derivation of name may mean 'rebel,' 50;