Nebuchadrezzar, 323, 457, 485, 498.
" palace of, 256.
Nefer-Tum, 90, 140.
Nekheb. See El-Kab.
" goddess, 39, 40, 42, 68, 80, 135.
Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), 39, 72, 75, 119, 135, 166, 168.
Nergal, 288, 378, 428, 470.
neter, 127.
New year, 473.
Nile, 140 sq.
" sources of, 137.
Nimrod, 446.
Ninâ, 366.
Nin-gis-zida, 350, 384, 460.
Nin-ip, 80, 356 sq., 439, 474, 496.
Nin-lil, 405.
Nippur, 254, 260, 268, 269, 297, 328, 356, 373, 407.
Nit, 89, 143, 321.
Nizir, 441, 451.
nomes, origin of, 38.
" standards of, 105.
Norden, 214.
Nu, 83, 129.
Nu-gidda, 139, 353, 485.
Nusku, 363, 439, 456.
Nut, 83, 84, 129.
Nu-Urru, 191.
Oannes, 264, 299.
offerings, Babylonian, 466, 470.
On (Heliopolis), 40, 51, 61, 82, 86, 91, 114, 120, 161, 190, 231.
Opis, 366.
Oppert, Professor, 464.
Orion, 234, 238.
Osiris, 84, 87, 90, 123, 131, 139, 147, 153 sq., 199, 200, 232, 247, 325, 353, 494.
Osiris, judgment-hall of, 66.
" the, 169.
Palestine, 42.
paradise, etymology of, 272.
Patæki, 139.
patesi. See high priest.
Pe, 162.
penitence, Babylonian idea of, 493 sq.
Pepi, 73, 145, 146, 238.
Pestilence-god, 429.
Peters, Dr., 261.
Petrie, Professor, 53, 64, 144, 184.
Pharaoh as god, 42, 44, 107.
" son of the Sun, 88.
Pharaonic Egyptians, 22, 40, 43, 73, 74, 76.
Philæ, 135.
Philo, 230.
phœnix, 117, 121, 207, 238.
Phrygia, 111.
Piehl, Professor, 184.
Pierret, M., 193.
Pinches, Dr., 263, 336, 365, 385.
planets, 235.
Plato, 233.
Platonic ideas, 49, 242.
Plutarch, 101.
polytheism, 289.
Porphyry, 64, 71, 102.
postal service in Babylonia, 266.
priestly colleges, 32.
priests, 461 sq.
prophetess, 455, 466.
prophets, Babylonian college of, 416, 463 sq.
psalms, penitential, 416 sq., 500.
" Assyrian, 419.
Ptah, 44, 55, 87, 90, 110, 138, 151, 167, 190.
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Ptiris, 111.
Punt, 146.
Purim, feast of, 476.
Pyramid texts, 15, 37, 59, 61, 64, 77, 86, 92, 144, 157, 161, 178, 183, 184, 191, 234, 244, 258.
Quibell, Mr., 39, 175.
Ra, 51, 182, 231.
" followers of, 196.
" legend of, 216.
Rahab, 309.
ram, 149, 157, 353, 406.
Rassam, Hormuzd, 461.
Rawlinson, Sir H. C., 336, 431.
Rawnsley, Canon, 125.
Reisner, Dr., 188.
relics, 226.
religion, ancient, difficult to realise, 46.
religion, earliest forms of, 7.
" individual in origin, 8.
Renouf, Sir P. L., 51, 60, 127.
resurrection, 24, 167, 170.
ritual, Babylonian, 400, 412.
rpâ, 129.
Saba, 437.