Egibi, the banker, 127, 152
Egyptian influence on religion, 233
El-lil, the god of Nippur, 3
Eridu, a seaport of primitive Chaldea, 2;
a great centre, 3, 4;
its god, 3;
its origin, 4;
its temple, 236
Exorcisms, form of, 260
Family life among Semites, 13;
equality of sexes, 14
Farmers, tenure, 84, 85
Fasts and feasts prescribed, 246
Footstool, 96
Furniture, scanty but artistic, 96
Gardens, largely used, 94, 127
Gem-cutting, art of, 103
Gods and goddesses, relation of king to, 169 ff.
Grain, varying prices of, 142, 145;
as exchange, 144;
store-house, 206
Gudea, priest-king of Lagas, 90;
works of, 93, 94;
a vase of, 97;
dress, 102;
deification of, 169
Guilds for traders, 141
Hades, belief about, 242
Herodotus, quoted on Babylonian fertility, 11;
on prostitution, 30
History, the favourite study, 58
Hit, bitumen procured from, 90
“House of Cereals,” the, 206
House-property, value of, 114;
lease of, 115;
payment for, 116;
a lawsuit, 118-120
Hymns, Sumerian origin, 244;
Amen, 245;
hymns and prayers to Bel, 260
Ideograph, or picture-writing, 236
Inheritance, laws of, 31;
private ownership, 32;
testaments, ibid.;
the will of Sennacherib, 35;
the theory of adoption, 36;
disputes, 42
Iron, general use of, 136
Irrigation, necessity of, 88
Istar, the goddess, significant changes, 13, 14;
the priestesses of, 16, 17;
land of temple of, 126;
independence of, 239;
as Ashtoreth, 240;
story of, ibid.;
prophetesses of, 252;
the Istar of witchcraft, 259
Ivory, large trade in, 136
Jews, position of, in Babylonia, 68;
colonists, 190
Judges, appointment of, 197;
trials before, 199
Juries, existence of, 198
Kassites, their dynasty, 7;
effect of conquest in Babylonia, 171
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Khalutê, battle of, 53
Khunnatu, 72
Khammurabi, letters of, 210 ff.
Ki-makh, or cemetery, 62
King. See under “State”
Labourers, classes of, 82;
farmers, 84;
wages, 85, 86, 148-150;
songs of, 87
Land, value of, 120 ff.;
rent of, 121;
in Assyria, 123 ff.
Law, the study of, 59;
early origin, 195;
judges, 197;
case of foreigners, 198;
trials, 199;
careful procedure, 201;
punishments, 205;
bail, 206;
prisons, ibid.
Layard, his discovery of a lens, 51
Letter-writing no modern invention, 208;
material used, 209;
cuneiform writing and its advantages, 210;
early examples, 211 ff.;
Assyrian, 216 ff.;
private letters, 225;
sealing, 228;
noticeable features, 229, 230
Literature, place of, 52;
poetry, 165
Maneh. See “money-lending”
Marriage ceremonies among Babylonians, 29;
among Israelites, 30;
permitted degrees, 31
Medicine, early use, 162;
Egyptian influence, 163;
court physicians, 164;
in Assyria, 164;
doctors' letters, 218
Metals, use of, 131;
where found, 132;
method of working, 132;
copper, 133;
prices for, 147
Money-lending, a lucrative profession, 151;
a coin currency, 152;
repayments, 153;
rate of interest, 153, 154;
securities, 155;
Assyrian interest, 156;
standard of coins, 158;
fixed values, 160
Monotheism in hymns, 262
Moon-god, temple of, 2;
cult of, 257;
hymn to, 261
Murasu, the firm of, 161
Music and its cultivation, 166
Naming a child, 44;
and a god, 45;
reasons for changes, 46
Nebo-akhi-iddin, contract of, 75
Nebuchadnezzar's army, 181
Nergal, the Lord of the Dead, 65
Nidinti, case of the slave in, 70
Nineveh, letters in library at, 216
Nippur, excavations at, 3;
its god, ibid.;
its origin, 4;
the temple, 236
Nublâ, a law case, 15;
her slave, 71;
apprenticing a slave, 141
Oannes. See “Ea”
Oracles, in writing, 48
Palms, high prices, 127
Paradise, origin of, 95
Partnerships, frequent, 127;
with women, 128;
form of deeds of, 128, 129;
terms of, 129
Peters, Dr., quoted, 66
Philology cultivated, 57, 58
Phœnicians, 183
Physical exercises, 48, 52
Pilasters, use of, 91
Poets, position of, 165
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Polygamy, among Babylonians, restricted, 27;
but possible, 27, 28
Porcelain, trade in, 137
Portents, the study of, 59, 60
Postal system established, 104;
extensive use, 228
Priest, dress of, 101;
classes of, 249;
eunuch-priests, 250;
marriage, 252