legends of, related by Philo in his _De Gigantibus_, 50; Abram and, 51-56; King of Chaldea, 52; suggested identity with Gilgamesh, 156 NIM'RÛD. Sir Henry Layard's excavations at, 340, 342-344; Rassam's searches at, 344; George Smith's searches at, 348-354 NIN-A-GAL. Variant of Ea, 116 NIN'EV-EH. Built by Sennacherib, 31; Assur-bani-pal's library at, 35, 71, 154, 346; archæological researches of Layard and Botta at, 46; George Smith's labours at, 46; Mr Hormuzd Rassam's work at, 47; built by Asshur, 49; tablet written for temple of Nergal discovered at, 82; residence of Asshur, 207; Ishtar's shrine in, 212; M. Botta and site of, 339, 340; Layard and, 344; plan of, 357 NIN-GIR'SU. Name means 'Lord of Girsu,' 144; known as Shulgur ('Lord of the corn heaps'), 144; identified with Tammuz, 144; variant, Ninib, 214, 216; favourite of Gudea, 251; temple of, 283 NIN'IB, 84, 175; a war-god, 214; variant of, Nin-girsu, 214, 216; Tiglath-pileser I, Assur-rishishi, Assur-nazir-pal, and, 214; as hunter-god, 216; extolled by Tiglath-pileser I, 216; invoked by Assur-nazir-pal, 216; Gula, consort of, 216; Saturn and, 235; translated as En-Mashti by Canaanites, 326 NIN-IGI-NAG'IR-SIR. Saved with Ea, etc., from deluge, 115 NIN-LIL. Variant of Beltis, 101; consort of En-lil; Ishtar and, 124 NIN'NI. Variant of Innana, 187 NIN'SUM. Gilgamesh resorts to, 180 NI'NUS. King of Assyria, 25; Semiramis, wife of, 25; Ninyas, son of, 26 NIN'YAS. Son of Ninus; during minority of, Semiramis assumed the regency, 26 NIPPUR. Babylonian civilization grouped round, 14; god En-lil and, 14; city of Ur colonized by, 15; Mr Haynes' excavations at, 47, 359, 360, 365, 366; temple of, 82; cosmological tales at, 84; of Sumerian origin, 96; preferred to Babylon, 196; lamentation ritual at, 199, 200; temple of E-Kur at, 248; business quarter of, unearthed, 359, 360; stage-tower of, 361; temple-tower of, 362 NIR'IG. God; variant, Enu-Restu; Bel, father of, 153 NIZ'AN. First month; sacred to Anu and Bel, 236 NO'AH. Patriarch, reference to, 45; legend of deluge and Ea, 115; variant, Ut-Napishtim, 116 NO-RETURN. Land of, 128 NU-DIM-MUD. Variant of name of Ea, 73; Tiawath and, 76 NUMBERS. Assigned to each of the gods, 237, 238 NUS'KU. The messenger of Mul-lil, 68; hymn to, 69; temple of, 102; of the 'Brilliant Sceptre,' 224, 225; Nabu and, connected, 225; eclipses and, 255 O O-AN'NES. _See_ Ea, 14 OBELISK. Of Shalmaneser II, 343 O-DA'CON. Appears from sea of Eruthra, 112 OMEN-S. Library of Sargon contained book dealing with, 18; divination by, 281, 282 O-MOR'CA. Chaldaic equivalent, Thalath; Greek, _thalassa_, 114 ON'NES. One of Ninus' generals, husband of Semiramis, 25 OPPERT. French exploration expedition and, 347 O-RI'ON. Nimrod identified with, 50 O-SI'RIS. Isis and, reference to, 133; reference to, 201, 228 'O-ZY-MAN'DI-AS.' Shelley's sonnet on, 307 P