Loftus, 26, 80 Longpérier, de, 19 Macalister, 57, 63, 146, 147, 151, 154, 155 Mace-heads, 133 Magan, 134 Mal-Amîr, 27 Map of world, Babylonian, 80 Maspero, 131 Megiddo, 148, 156, 199 Merodach-baladan, 90 Merodach-nadin-akhi, 73 Messerschmidt, 28, 34, 168 Mitanni, 33, 34, 167, 193, 196; language of, 168 Montellius, 64 Morgan, H. de, 55 Morgan, J. de, 27, 33, 46, 73, 74, 80, 82, 121 Moschians, 173 Münter, Bishop, 10 Muqayyar (_see_ Ur), 55 Mussian, excavations at, 50, 53 Mykenæ, 65 Mykenæan pottery, 171 Myres, J. L., 63, 178 Naharaim (Mitanni), 196, 202 Naram-Sin, 56, 73, 88, 140, 143 Nar-Buzau, palette of, 117, 121, 123 Nar-Mer, 117 Nebuchadrezzar, 17, 21, 45 Neolithic age not in Babylonia, 48, 57 Neo-Susian, 27 Niebuhr, Carsten, 9 Niffer (Nippur), excavations at, 40, 56, 76, 77, 78 Nimrûd, 18, 21 Nineveh, excavations at, 18, 57; library of, 23, 24, 161 Niobê of Mount Sipylus, 54 Norris, Edwin, 16, 26 Nu-gidda, 128, 129 Oannes, 75 Obelisk, the Black, 20, 21, 179 Obsidian, 51, 171 Oppert, Jules, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Osiris, 119, 123 Palestine and Babylonia, 135 _et seq._; Exploration Fund, 135, 145; Hittites in, 193, 194 Palette of Nar-Buzau, 121, 123 Papyrus, 84 Pegasus, 180 Pehlevi inscriptions, 10 Pepi, statue of, 62; Pyramid texts of, 120 Persian Gulf, 75; land increases at head of, 80 Peters, Dr., 56 Petrie, Flinders, 52, 60, 61, 62, 117, 121, 156, 182 Philology, value of, 43, 44 Phœnician alphabet, 159, 183, 185 Picture-writing, Babylonian, 75, 82, 105; analysed, 98–100 Pietro della Valle, 8 Pinches, Dr., 73, 74, 144, 171 Polyphony, 22 Postal service in Babylonia, 143; in Canaan, 143, 189 Pottery, importance of, 36 _et seq._; Babylonian, 39, 42; Elamite, 47, 48, 54; Hittite, 63, 149, 179; Kretan, 178; Mykenæan, 171; South Canaanite, 63, 149, 178, 206; Susian, 47, 51, 53; Vannic, 166; black with incised lines, 52, 53, 171 Ptah, Semitic origin of, 129 Pumpelly, Professor, 54, 64 Pyramid texts, 122 Qal’at Shirqât (Assur), 41 Ramsay, Sir W. M., 174, 195 Ramses II., treaty of, vi. Rask, 13, 14 Rassam, Hormuzd, 23, 32 Rawlinson, Sir H. C., 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 80 Razor, use of, 134 Reisner, 118 Resurrection, the Babylonian, 120 Rhind, 41, 42 Rich, 8 Royal Society, 8 Sacred trees of Egypt, 123 Sacy, de, 10 Saint-Martin, 13 Samsu-ditana, 28 Saqia, the, 132 Sardinians, 211 Sargon of Akkad, 19, 49, 56, 59, 87, 88, 132, 139, 140, 155, 182 Sarzec, M. de, 40, 121 Saulcy, de, 19, 20, 25 Scheil, 27