Index

Adoption, by the Sun-god, 36;

its prevalence in Babylon, 37;

concerning slaves, 38 ff.;

a way to citizenship, 41

Ainsworth, on coast-line formation, 2

Allat, goddess of under-world, 242;

in temples, 247

Amen, used in hymns, 245

Amorites, the, women, 18, 191;

colonies, 187 ff.;

position of, 189;

freedom of worship, 191-193;

country, 220

Apprentices, case of slaves, 71

Arad-Samas, position of his two wives, 27

Aramaic, taught in schools, 56

Architecture, features of Babylonian, 9, 10;

use of bricks, 90, 137;

character of, 91;

plans of houses, 92;

foundations, 92;

decorations, 93, 94;

dwellings of poor, 95;

stair-cases, 95

Army. See under “State”

Artists, position of, 166

Ashtoreth. See Istar

Assur, worship of, 256

Assyrians, compared with Babylonians, 8;

in regard to women, 18;

slave law among, 78;

slave contract, 79, 80;

features of architecture, 93;

gardens of, 95;

land, 123;

contracts, 124;

land measurements, 125;

money interest, 156;

coinage, 157;

medicine, 164;

military character of government, 172;

taxes, 175;

army, 181;

navy, 183;

letters, 217;

religion, 255

Astrology, 60;

letters relating to, 219

Baal worship, 233-234

Babylonia, its importance and situation, 1;

the increase of land, 2;

and its culture, 6;

various nationalities, 7;

Chaldean associations, ibid.;

Kassite influence, 7, 8;

the inhabitants, 9;

trade, ibid., 107;

architecture, 9;

writing, 10;

mode of burial, 10, 11;

cosmogony, 11;

fertility, 11, 12;

features of family life, 13 ff.;

dowry and divorce, 20 ff.;

polygamy, 27;

matrimony, 29;

inheritance, 31;

adoption, 36 ff.;

citizenship, 41;

names, 45 ff.;

literature, 52-54;

burial, 62-66;

slavery, 67 ff.;

labourers, 82 ff., 148;

manners and customs, 90 ff.;

manufactures, 107 ff.;

house property, 118-120;

land, 120 ff.;

money-lending, 157 ff.;

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bankers, 151;

barristers, 161;

government, 168 ff.;

army, 177 ff.;

law, 95 ff.;

letter-writing, 208 ff.;

religion, 231 ff.

Balawât, description of shrine at, 247

Bankers, firms of, 127;

and money-lending, 151 ff.

Barbers, position of, 105

Beating the bounds, custom of, 121

Bedâwin, as shepherds, 82;

wages of, 86

Beer-houses, 113

Bel, “The Illumination of Bel,” 60

Bel-Katsir, a plea set aside, 28;

his adoption, 37

Bel-Merodach and sonship, 36, 168, 169;

hymns and prayers, 260

Berachiel, his action for adoption, 38, 39

Berossus, origin of Babylon, 1

Bethels in shrines, 248

Bitumen, use of, 90;

prices of, 147

“Black Stone” of Mecca, 248

Borsippa, University at, 54;

“The Epic of the Creation,” 55

Branding in the sole, 44

Brick-makers, importance of, 137, 138

Burial, method of Babylonian, 10, 62 ff.;

place of, 62;

cemeteries, 62;

rites of, 63;

tombs, 64

Canaanitish Women, legal status, 19

Cape of Good Hope, 45

Carchemish, importance of, 156;

maneh of, 159

Carpenters, 134

Cemeteries, 62

Chaldea, the origin of, 7

Chariots for army, 178

Circumcision, 47

Clay-tablets, use of, 51

Colonies of Amorites, 187

Concubines, allowed, 25;

purchaseable, 26

Cosmetics, wide use of, 105

Cosmological beliefs, 243

Cremation, practised, 62

Cuneiform writing, 49;

use of clay, 50, 209;

chapters, 52;

origin, 209

Custom-house, place of, 111

Customs:

manner of building, 90 ff.;

furniture, 96 ff.;

dress, 99 ff.;

the cylinder, 102;

beards, 104, 105;

cosmetics, 105

Cylinder, worn on arm, 102;

designs on, 103;

patterns of, 103

Death, belief about, 242

Divorce, among Babylonians, 20-25;

position of divorced wives, 28;

instances, 196, 197

Doctors. See under “Medicine”

Dowry and divorce, 19 ff.;

penalties, 26;

reasons of divorce, ibid.

Dress, many varieties of, 99;

priest's, 101;

poor person's, 101;

women's, 102;

seal cylinder, 102

Duty, on sheep, 111;

levy of, 113

Ea, the god of Eridu, 3, 260;

founder of law, 195;

the spirit, 232;

the temple of, 236;

Semitic influence, 237

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Ebers Papyrus on medicine, 163

Eclipses mentioned, 219

Education:

a curious procedure, 44;

naming, ibid.;

schooling, 47 ff.;

bodily exercises, 48;

cuneiform writing, 47;

writing materials, 50, 51;

books, 52;

kinds of literature, 52;

school buildings, 54;

class education, 55;

dead languages taught, 56;

philology, 57;

history, 58;

other studies, 59