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 Index. 415 Mudjelibeh, see Kasr. Mugheir, i. 38, 159; arches at, 222; plan of temple at, 312; ii. 34, 256, 308. Mùller, Ch., i. 16. Millier, Max. quoted, i. 20. Millier, Ottfried, i. 233. Mùntz, Eugène, ii. 364. _ Musesinip, cylinder of, ii. 273. Mylitta, see Istar. Myrrh, brought from Arabia, ii. 373. N Nabonassar, i. 71. Nabopolassar, i. 50, 92 ; his restoration of Babylon, 134 ; ii. 200. Nabou, i. St,. Nabounid, his discovery of the angle stone of the temple of Ulbar, i. 315 ; ii. 58. Nahar-Hammourabi, i. 40. Nahar-Malcha, i. 40. JS/ahr-el-Kelb, ii. 231. Nahum quoted, i. 51 ; ii. 313, 372. Nana, i. 83. Nebbi-Younas, i. 7, 47 ; palace built by Assurbanipal still hidden there, 48 ; ii. 44. Nebo (Mercury?) i. 73 ; description of his statues, 80 ; his place of repose decorated by Nebuchadnezzar, 299 ; statue, ii. 126; statue of, from the timeofVulush III., 217. Nebuchadnezzar, i. 27, 35 ; comparison with Rameses IL, 53-; ii. 200. Necklaces, ii. 355. Ner, i. 346. Nergal (Mars ?), i. 73, 345. Nestorians, i. 140. Nicaea, i. 289. Niebuhr quoted, i. 157 ; his opinion as to the possibilities of Assyrian exploration quoted, ii. 4. Niffer, ii. 306. Nimrod, his genealogy, i. 15, 17; ii. 269. Nimroud, i. 7 ; to be identified with Calah, 314; general arrangement of buildings at, 314; its first exploration by Layard, ii. 5 ; arrangement of buildings at, 39; the ce?itral palace, 40; upper chambers found by Layard, 43 ; probably distinct from Nineveh, 60. Nineveh, its Greek name, i. 7 ; changes in historical theory brought about by its exploration, 34 ; its destruction, 50 ; difficulty of ascertaining the rela- tive ages of the ruins, ii. 36 ; its size discussed, 59 ; Layard's opinion as to its size, 61 ; a town gate discovered by Layard, 62. Ninus, i. 7, 33 ; represented on the walls of Babylon according to Ctesias, 283 ; buried within the palace at Babylon (Diodorus), 361 ; extravagant state- ments of Diodorus as to the size and height of his tomb, 362 ; ii, 218. Nipour (or Niffer), i. 38. Nisroch, i. 78. Nitocris, ii. 218. Nœldeke, Th., quoted, i. 34; ii. 61. Norris, Edwin, quoted, i. 22. Noushirwan, i. 185. Nude, the, in Chaldaeo-Assyrian sculp- ture, ii. 92 ; the absence of nude figures from the reliefs, 98. O Oannes, i. 1, 36, 64, 83 ; on Pe'retie's plaque, 352 ; ii. 261, 266. Obelisks, unsuitableness of the name, i. 257 ; their forms, i. 236 ; of Shalman- eser IL, 258. Observatory, the Khorsabad, i. 247 ; 374; described, 386; the colours of its stages, 386 ; their number, 386 ; its awkward position, 391 ; suggested use (note by editor), 391. Oppert, his ethnical theories, i. 19; quoted, 21, 22, 28, 30, 119; his estimate of height of temple of Bel, 130, 201 ; his mention of colours used on buildings, 280 ; decorative painting in Babylonia, 284. Orders, the, their practical absence from Mesopotamian architecture, i. 132. Orientation of buildings, i. 311. Osiris, i. 78, 79. Ourbaou, ii. 180. Ourdeys, ii. 73. Ourkam, i. 35 ; the Menés of Chaldaea, 38;ii. 259, 266. Oysters, carvings upon their shells, ii. 118. Painting, ii. 292; pigments used, 294. Palette of the Mesopotamian decorator, i. 283.