— manufacture of arms and armour, 188 — names of places, 188 — syllabary, 188 _sq._ Cyprus, its epithet _ærosa_, 58; derivation of the name, 59; account of, 186 _sq._ Cyrus, 209 Dacians on Trajan’s column, 262 Dacian Sword, 262 Dagger (derivation of the word), 215 _n_ Dagger-formed knives, 169 _n_ Dagger-forms from Persepolis, 211 Dagger-Swords, 166; Assyrian, 204 Daggers, Assyrian, 205 — of bone, 26 — of bronze, 78 _n_ — of copper, 79 — of iron (Egyptian), 100 — used by the Persians, 210 — with rapier-blade (Theban), 195 _n_ Dagon (etymology of the word), 181 Dah (= Dáo: Burmah), 140 Dahome, Swords of the King of, 167 Dalwel (Burmese Sword), 219 Damascened steel, Cypriote, 188 Damask-work (on weapons), 83, 110 _n_, 112, 151 _n_ ‘Damascus blade,’ 132, 142 Damascus (Persian) scymitar, 265 Damnameneus, 75 Danish Scramasax, 263 — Swords, 236 ‘Danisko’ (African weapon), 163, 237 Dankali Sword, 165 Dáo (weapon of the Nága tribe, Assam), 140 Darius the Mede, 209 Dark Continent, chief weapons of the, 162 Darts and stones (ancient Lybian weapons), 16 David’s sling, 19; his copper helmet, 70 Deadbook, the, 147 Dearg Umha (red copper; Keltic), 65 Decalogue derived from the Dead-book, 150 Decimal and duodecimal systems in Assyria, 202 _n_ Deer-horn arrow-heads, 24 Defensive armour of bronze, Roman, 254 Defensive weapons (of Animals and Savages), 6 — of the Cimbri, 274 Degan (dagger: Cimbrian), 274 Degen (kind of dagger: German), 215 _n_ Degeneration of Roman soldiers, 261 Deinotherium, 4 Deities standing on animals, 176 Denderah Zodiac, 155 _n_ Densare (meaning of the term), 107 Description of bronze Swords of Ancient Britons, 277 _sq._ — of the Ancient Britons, 275, 277 Devanagari alphabet, 189 Development of Man, 5 _sq._ — of the celt, 88 _n_ Devil, the, 181 Dha or Dhow (Indian knife), 219 Dhanu (personification of the bow: Hindú), 214 Dhanurvidya (Bow-Science: Indian), 213 Dies Alliensis, 267 Dimacheri (gladiators), 252 _Diodon_, 44 Diorite axe bored by means of a bow, 191 _n_ Diorite (? basalt) implements at Mycenæ, 53 _n_ — in Ancient Egypt, 171 _n_ Dioscuri, 75 ‘Distaff-side’ relationship, 188 _n_ Divination in Assyria, 202 ‘Doctored’ bullets, 26 _n_ Dolche (daggers), 30, 273 Dolls in Ancient Egypt, 148 Dolphins in the Nile, 9 Door-hinges in Nimrúd’s palace, 105 Door-sockets of bronze, Assyrian, 202 Double balteus (Roman), 258 _n_ Double-edged Sword blades (Wahumla tribe), 169 Double-headed eagle (at Eyub), 176 Double-sided comb in Nimrúd’s palace, 105 Dowris bronze, 87 — copper, 53 ‘Dowris metal,’ 181, 276 Dragon’s blood, 87 _n_ Dress-pins (women’s) of copper, 67 Draughts (game of) in Ancient Egypt, 148 ‘Drawing-cut,’ 131 Duel of Manlius Torquatus and the Gaul, 267