Part 29

Nomads, meaning of the word, and causes of nomadic life in modern times, 118.

Oannes, legend of, told by Berosus, 185.

Oasis, meaning of the word, 118.

Palaces, their imposing aspect, 54; palace of Sennacherib restored by Fergusson, 56; ornamentation of palaces, 58; winged Bulls and Lions at gateways of, 58; sculptured slabs along the walls of, 58-60; painted tiles used for the friezes of, 60-62; proportions of halls, 63; roofing of, 62-66; lighting of, 66-68.

Papyrus, ancient writing material, 94.

Paradise, Chaldean legend of, see Sacred Tree and Ziggurat. Meaning of the word, 277.

Parallel between the Book of Genesis and the Chaldean legends, 350-360.

Pastoral life, second stage of culture, 120; necessarily nomadic, 121.

Patesis, meaning of the word, 203; first form of royalty in Chaldean cities, ib., 235.

Patriarchal authority, first form of government, 123; the tribe, or enlarged family, first form of the State, 123.

Penitential Psalms, Chaldean, 177-179.

Persian Gulf, flatness and marshiness of the region around, 7; reached further inland than now, 201.

Persians, rule in Asia, 2; the war between two royal brothers, 2; Persian monarchy conquered by Alexander, 4; not named in Genesis X., 134.

Platforms, artificial, 46-49.

Polytheism, meaning of the word, 237; tendency to, of the Hebrews, combated by their leaders, 345-350.

Priesthood, Chaldean, causes of its power and influence, 233-234.

Races, Nations, and Tribes represented in antiquity under the name of a man, an ancestor, 130-134; black race and yellow race omitted from the list in Genesis X., 134-142; probable reasons for the omission, 135, 140.

Ramân, third god of the second Babylonian Triad, his attributions, 240-241; one of the "twelve great gods," 246.

Rassam, Hormuzd, explorer, 247, 248.

Rawlinson, Sir Henry, his work at the British Museum, 152.

Religion of the Shumiro-Accads the most primitive in the world, 148; characteristics of Turanian religions, 180, 181; definition of, as distinguished from Mythology, 331-334.

Religiosity, distinctively human characteristic, 148; its awakening and development, 149-152.

Rich, the first explorer, 13; his disappointment at Mossul, 14.

Sabattuv, the Babylonian and Assyrian "Sabbath," 256.

Sabeism, the worship of the heavenly bodies, a Semitic form of religion, 232; fostered by a pastoral and nomadic life, ib.

Sabitu, one of the maidens in the magic grove, 311.

Sacred Tree, sacredness of the Symbol, 268; its conventional appearance on sculptures and cylinders, 268-270; its signification, 272-274; its connection with the legend of Paradise, 274-276.

Sargon of Agadê, see Sharrukin.