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 Index, 417 tion of vaults by the native builders of Mesopotamia, i. 167, 261 ; colours used in decoration, 280. Roads, for military purposes, ii. 74 ; used by Mesopotamian commerce, 374- Rollin, 1. 33, Rome, ii. 286. Roofs, discussion as to how Mesopo- tamian buildings were roofed, i. 160. Ross, his geological explorations, i. 4, n 2. Rouet, M., ii. 225. Ruelle, Ch. E., i. 58. Ruth quoted, ii. 70. Sacred tree, i. 212. Sacrifices, human, asserted allusions to them on the cylinders, ii. 268. Sagaraktyas, i. 315. Said-Hassan, ii. 174. Samarah, i. 3. Samas, i. S3 ; tablet of Sippara, 200 ; ii. 90, 193, 266. Samas- Vul II., stele of, ii. 209, 354. Sammouramit (? Semiramis), ii. 217. Samsibin, i. 39. Sandals, in the reliefs, ii; 247. Sarbistan, i. 169, 186. Sardanapalus, i. 43 : the Greek myth, 52, 187; ii. 59. Sargon, i. 43, 105 ; stele of, found near Larnaca, ii. 2 1 9. Saryoukin, see Sargon. Sarzec, M. de, his discoveries at Tello, i. 24, 279; quoted, 382 ; ii. 33, Hi- Sassanids, successors of the Parthians, 1 57- Sayce, A. H., quoted, i. 33, 69 ; ii. 263, 346. Scabbard, ii. 164,345. Sceptres, how coloured in the reliefs, ii. 247. Schenafieh, ii. 176. Schlumberger, G., his fragments of the Balawat gates, i. 242 ; ii. 213. Schulze, ii. 232. Screw of Archimedes, its asserted use at Babylon, ii. 31. Sculpture, absence of women from the reliefs, i. 111 ; practically confined to war and hunting, 1 1 1 ; its principal themes, ii. 78 ; its fondness for fan- VOL. II. tastic animals, 79 ; treatment of the nude, 92 ; the absence of nude figures from the reliefs, 98 ; documentary character of Assyrian sculpture, 101 ; epic or newspaper? 103; want of variety in the composition of the reliefs, 104; its appearance of im- provisation, 105 ; materials used, 109; use of clay, 113; terra-cotta statuettes, 114; its principal con- ventions, 125 ; statue of Nebo, 126 ; of Assurnazirpal, 126; the principles of the bas-reliefs, 128; peculiarities of Assyrian statues and figures in relief, 130; the Assyrian type, 135 ; are the Assyrian statues Iconic ? 138 ; representations of animals, 142 ; proportions of early Assyrian figures, 203 ; its power of selection, 207; in the reign of Sargon, 219; picturesque details introduced in the time of Sennacherib, 223 ; Egyptian and Assyrian contrasted, 281; do. 385. Scythians, their invasion of Western Asia, i. 49. Seal, in universal use in Babylonia, ii. 251. Seistan, i. 2. Sekhet, i. 78. Seleucia, i. 54, 93, 223. Seleucidae, i. 5, 157. Seleucus Nicator, i. 54. Seljukian period, carved lions from, i. 262. Semi-domes, i. 173. Semiramis, i. 33 ; represented on the walls of Babylon according toCtesias, 283, 361 ; her palaces, ii. 34, 217. Semnat, ii. 394. Senkereh (or Larsam), i. 38. Sennacherib, i. 43 ; his death, 103, 105 ; state of sculpture during his reign, ii. 223 ; his appearance in the Bavian sculptures, ii. 229. Seraglio, at Khorsabad, ii. 16. Serdabs, i. 139, 383. Sesostris, i. 33. Seti, ii. 395. Sewers, system of, in palaces, i. 227. Sexagesimal system, the, of the Baby- lonians, ii. 398. Shah-Nameh, the, i. 20. Shalmaneser IL, i. 43, 105 ; the gates made for him, 242 ; ii. 40 ; his obelisk, ii. no. Sharezer, i. 103. % H