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 INDEX. A. A^uxs on Perse pol is, 285 tL AhOra-Mazda, meaning of, 12^ ij^j found in all inscriptions, 1^ 16-18, 393. 396, 416-418. 452^ 456^ 457- Alphabet, Persian, .33; Aramaic, ^ 5^ 33- Altun-Kupru, 187. Ami.iud, 15 n. Anahita, lSi 3°! 385. Anaximenes, 468 a. Anaxyrides, 401. Anderiin, 265. Angro-MamyCis (Ahriman), meanirvg of« 12. 13 ; not named in the inscriptions, t4 a* Animals, face to face, in Persia, 456. Apad&na, meaning of, 2M. Arch, semi-circular, in vaulted edifices of Persia, 162-177 ; false, 17 ». 172, i8s, Archer on engraved stones and darics, 451- 41Si 457. 463, 464, 466. Aristobulus on the tomb of Cyrus, 201- 206, 2 15. Aristotle, on Persian palaces, a. ; on Susian animals, 156 gu Arrangement in Persian buildings, 57- 59- Arrian, on the country, goi-205. 469 a. ; on old Persian characters, Arsacidie, philhellenism of, 34. Artaxerxes Mnemon, builds at Susa, 348, 362 ; at Ecbatana, 358, 35 9 i so- called effigy on coin, 466. Ashan, 19 a. Asoka, column, 339 il Atesh-gab, 243-245, 249-2 1;!. Athenaeus, 256 469, 470. Atropatene, 6* Avesta, meaning of name, 12 190 ; citations, 191, 192 385, 386, 417 n. Azerbijan, 6. Bakthivaris, the, ^ Base, of column in Persia, 53-55 ; cani- paniform, mS, 3^ 353. Behistun, monument of, 1^, 3S, 393> 394. 4 IS- Berosus, 385. Birun, 265. Bitumen at Susa, 368. Bosphorus, Cimmerian, Persian intaglios from, 456 Bow on the shoulder of guardsmen, 424. Bracelet, in bas-reliefs, 401, 425 ; bronze, 485- Brick in Persia, 48^ 77-79, 149, 150, LS£i LS^i ^ mi 2^ Broussa, enamelled tiles of mosques at, 4l6i Bull, ijD Persia, 144-147 ; winged, at entrant e of Persian buildings, 6i ; on Persian capitals, 97-107 ; on cornice at Shapur, 178, 179 ; symbolic mean- ing doubtful, «. ; head in clectrum, 484 ; in round boss, 512, 513. Burning of palace, Persepolis, 332, 35 1. C. Camei>, double-humped, 408. Candys, 409. Cap, adorned by horns on Persian intaglio, like those of Chaldxan cy- linders, 455. Capital in Persia, ^ 56^ 90-9S. >o5- Caryatides of royal throne, 137.