PAINTINGS. Discovered in Sennacherib's palace at Kouyunjik, 345 PALACE-S. Built at Nineveh by Sargon; M. Botta unearths, 340; Assyrian, two discovered at Nimrûd, 340; built by Esar-haddon, unearthed by Layard, 343; of Sennacherib, found by Layard, 345; Assur-bani-pal's, discovered by Rawlinson, 346; of Nimrûd, George Smith's excavations in, 348, 349; Nebuchadrezzar's, excavated, 369-371 PALESTINE. Syria and, invaded by Sargon, 17; worship of Hadad in, 188; the Canaanites first dwellers in, 324 PALL'AS A-THÊ-NÉ. Reference to, 222, 315 PAN'THE-ON, ASSUR-BANI-PAL'S. Belit and Asshur in, 228 PANTHEON OF ASSYRIA, 203-230; differences between the Babylonian and, 203, 204; Dagon in, associated with Anu, 216, 217; Bel-Merodach absorbed in the, 225; Ea in the, 229; Dibbarra, in the, 229 PANTHEON OF BABYLONIA. 1. Early. Prior to Khammurabi, 94, 95. 2. Later. General changes in and additions to, 184-198; Bel's place usurped in the, by Merodach, 227; spiritistic nature of, 318 PAP-SUK'AL. The messenger of the gods, 130 PARADISE. The Abyss and, 82 PAR'SÎS. Of Bombay, 334 PAR-SON'DES. Ctesias' tale _re_, 146-149 PAT-E'CHUS. God; a repulsive monster, 330 PATRIARCH, THE. _See_ Abram PER-SEPH'O-NÉ or PROS'ER-PINE. Reference to, 132, 201; corresponds to Allatu, 132 PER-SE'POLIS. Reference to, 61; language found at, deciphered by Löwenstern and Hinks, 65; Longpérier translated language found at, 66 PER'SE-US. Reference to, 87 PERSIAN-S. Signs in connexion with cuneiform writing, 60-66; religion of (Zoroaster's), 332-336, etc.; fear of defilement, 335 PETERS, DR. Director of American expeditions, 358, 359, 364, 365 PHIL-IS'T'I-A. Sargon's expedition against, 210, 211 PHŒ-NIC'I-A. Worship of Moloch in, 328 PHŒNICIAN-S. The Gods of the, 326-329; religion; Egyptian influence, 328 PICTURE-WRITING. Cuneiform and, 66. _See_ Writing PIR-Æ'US. Port of Athens, 328 PIS'CES, SIGN OF. Eabani and, 183 PLACE, VICTOR. Botta's work at Khorsabad, continued by, 340 PLANET-S. Identified with gods, 235 PLUTARCH. Isis (Astarte) and, 328 PLU'TO. Reference to, 133 POETRY. Assyrian, 321, 322 POLGARTH. Phœnician word 'city' and, 331 POL-Y-HIS'TOR, ALEXANDER. God Ea and, 112, 113 POLYTHEISM. Semitic, 313 _Pop'ol Vuh_. Reference to, 97, 151 POS-EI'DON. Greek god, 315 PRAYER-S. To the sun-god, etc., 67, 68 PRIEST-S. Akkadian tongue preserved by Babylonian, 14; those of Lagash became kings, 16; high, of Asshur, took title of king, 21, 208; sole mythographers, 191; -hood, cult and temples, 239-241; wizards and, 260; -magician; the chamber of the, 270-275; liver-reading by, 282; of Thebes, Memphis, and On, 314; of Nippur and Erech, 314 PRIESTESSES. In Babylonia, 240, 241 PRIEST-HOOD. _See_ Priests PRISONER-GODS. Assyrian rulers and, 225, 226 PRO-ME'THE-US. Lugalbanda and, 93; Zu and, 195 PSALMS, BOOK OF THE. National, not individual, 320; Poetical form of, 322 PU'NIC. Religion, 330 PURIFICATION, 270;