SABBATIC GOAT. Witchcraft of Middle Ages and the, 293 SAB-I'TU. The sea-goddess; Gilgamesh and, 172; sign Capricornus and, 183 SAC'A. One of the two eunuchs appointed to watch Rhodanes and Sinonis, 57 SAC-Æ'A. The Asiatic equivalent of the Saturnalia, 33; Festival of Zakmuk, or, 141 SACRIFICE-S. Babylonian, 241, 242 SADI-RAB'U-MA-TA'TI. The great mountain of the earth, 305 SAG'GAL. Temple of Merodach, 305 SAK'ON. Carthaginian deity, 330 SAM-AS-SUM-YU'KIN. Viceroy of Babylonia, 34; raises revolt in Assyrian empire, 34; his death, 34 SAM'KHAT. Goddess of joy, 131 SAM-MUR'A-MUT. Assyrian title of Semiramis. _See_ Semiramis SAM'SI-A'DAD IV. Rawlinson discovers stele of, 346 SAM'SI-RAM'MON. Son of Shalmaneser II; succeeds his father as King of Assyria, 24; Sammuramat favourite of, 24; Asshur mentioned in inscription of, 208 SANCH-UN-I-A'THON. Philo and, preserved in works of Eusebius, 329 SAOSHYANT. The saviour, in Zoroaster's religion, 337 SAR-AG-AG'AM. Variants of Merodach, 202 SAR-A'KOS. Greek equivalent for Sin-sarkin, 36 SAR-DA-NA-PAL'US THE SPLENDID. Assur-bani-pal known to Greek legend as, 31; King of Assyria, 31; reference to, in _The Golden Bough_, 32; Sir James Frazer on, 32, 34; prominent features in legends of, 33; weaving of legend of, 34 SAR'GON. I. Of Akkad, founds first great Semitic empire in Babylonia, 16; a Babylonian Arthur, 16, 21; the legend of his birth, 16, 17; invasions of Syria and Palestine, 17; Elam and N. Mesopotamia overcome by, 17; Naram-Sin son of, 17, 19; letters franked by clay seals bearing name of Sargon, 18; first founder of Babylonian library, 18; bricks discovered with name of, on, 47; Asshur's conquering power and, 210, 211; King Azuri and, 210; Ahimiti and, 210; Yaran and, 210; Sin and, 223; Bel and, 227; Nabu termed 'that Seer who guides the gods,' 228; 'Builder of the Temple of En-lil,' 247; hepatoscopy and, 283; palace built by, unearthed at Nineveh, 340; George Smith finds fragments of history of, 352. II. Usurping general, claimed descent from Sargon the Great, 30; father of Sennacherib, 30 SAR'RA-PAN-U. Tiglath-pileser II captures, 299 SASS-AN'I-AN. Rulers, 333 SAT'URN. Identified with Ninib, 235 SAUL-MU-GI'NA. Rebellious brother of Assur-bani-pal, 304 SCHRADER. Assyrian poetry and, 321, 322 SCIENCE. Star-worship the origin of, 237; the roots of, 259 SCILLY ISLANDS. Phœnicians in, 331 SCOR'PIO, SIGN OF. Gilgamesh and, 182 SCOTLAND. Goat-demon adored in, 293 SCULPTURE-S. Discovery of, glorifying Assur-nazir-pal, 343; Babylonian, discovered by de Sarzec, 355 SCYTHIAN-S. Penetrate into Assyria, 36 SED'U. A guardian (sometimes an evil) spirit invoked with the Lamassu, 277 SEL-EU'CI-A. City, built out of ruins of Babylon, 42 SEM-IR'A-MIS THE GREAT. Assyrian Queen, 24-29; legendary origin, 25; wife of Onnes, and later of Ninus, 26; Ninyas son of, 26; engages in battle Strabrobates, King of India, 27; fame of, 28, 29;