'TABLET HILL.' Haynes' discoveries at, 360; the temple library in, 363; King Nabonidos' (Nabonidus) vase found at, 364 TABLETS. Twelve, of the Gilgamesh epic, 155, 158, 159; detailed examination of, 161-180; of Destiny, 193-195; cuneiform, dealing with magic, 261, 262; Surpu and Maklu, series of, 262; the deluge, discovered by Smith, 347, 351, 352; discovered by Rassam, 354; of Nabopolasser, Nebuchadrezzar, Nabonidus, Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius, 358 TAB'OO. Prayers, etc., against, 262; belief in, in Chaldea, 278; known in Babylonia as _mamit_, 278 TAM'MUZ. One of the guardians of the gates of heaven, 118; Ishtar's search for, 126; myth of, 126-129; name derived from Dumu-zi, 126; Professor Sayce and, 126; addressed as 'shepherd and lord' in Akkadian hymn, 126; Ishtar, consort of, 127; Adonis myth related to that of, 131; Sir James Frazer's _Golden Bough_ and, 134; lamentations for, 135, 136, 140; a god of vegetation, 137, 138; Nin-Girsu (Shulgur) identified with, 144; the bridegroom of Ishtar's youth, 167; Dido and, 190; Ninib and, 216 TAM'MUZ-A-DO'NIS. Worshipped in Carthage, 330 TAM'TU. Assyrian term signifying 'the deep sea,' 72 TA'NIT. Goddess of the heavens and the moon; compared with Demeter, 330; inscriptions to, 330; identified with Dido, 331 TA'NITH. Goddess, honoured at Carthage, 328 TASH'MIT. Nebo's consort, 102, 185, 186; patron of writing, 185 TAU'RUS, SIGN OF. Represented by the slaying of the celestial bull, Alu, 182 TELL AM'RAN. Mound of, 374 TEL-LÔ. Ernest de Sarzec's researches at, 355, 356 TEMPLE-S. Of Bel, 101-105, 227; of Nebo and Tashmit, 102; of Ea and Nusku, 102; of Bel and Anu, 102; of Belus, reference to, 103; of Ea, 111; of Belus, reference to, 114; of Dagon, at Ashdod and Gaza, 151; of Merodach, at Babylon, 185, 374; of Asshur, 207; of Sin, at Calah, 223; priesthood, cult and, 239-241; of Babylonia and Assyria, 242-251; oldest, in Babylonia, was E-Kur, 248; as banks, 250; begun by Esar-haddon, 305; Saggal, of Merodach, 305; Sidda, 306; of Ashtart or Ishtar, at Sidon and Askelon, 327; to Apollo, 330; Zoroastrian, 335; of Nebo, 348; of Babylon, 373-375 TE'RAH. Father of Abraham, 51, 52 TESTAMENT, OLD. Nergal mentioned in, 105; Dagon in, 151, 152; David of the, 190; poetical form of, 322 TEUTONIC. Celtic religion and, compared, 316, 317 TEXTS, CUNEIFORM. _See_ Cuneiform TEXTS, MAGICAL. Dawkina alluded to in, 197; Anu mentioned in, 197, 198; a series known as 'Maklu,' 261, 262 TEZ-CAT-LI-PO'CA. Reference to, 222 THAL-ATH. Chaldaic equivalent for Omorca, 114 THEIAS, KING. Reference to, 132 _T'hom_ or 'DEEP.' Tiawath a parallel to the Old Testament expression, 72 THOMES. French exploration expedition and, 347 THOTH. Reference to, 185, 222, 224, 228 THUNDER-BIRD. North-American Indian conception, 193 THUNDER-GOD. Hadada, 188, 189 TI'A-MAT. Variant of Tiawath, 71 TI'AWATH. Variant, Tiamat, 71;