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Index
MESOPOTAMIAN ARCHÆOLOGY
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTION
(a) LAND AND PEOPLE
RACE
SOIL
(b) SKETCH OF BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN HISTORY
CHAPTER II—EXCAVATIONS
CHAPTER III—DECIPHERMENT OF THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS
CHAPTER IV—CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS
CHAPTER V—ARCHITECTURE
MORTAR
STONE
WOOD
METAL
TEMPLES
PALACES
PRIVATE HOUSES
THE COLUMN
THE ARCH
CHAPTER VI—SCULPTURE
BAS-RELIEFS
SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND
CHAPTER VII—METALLURGY
CHAPTER VIII—PAINTING
CHAPTER IX—CYLINDER-SEALS[129]
CHAPTER X—SHELL-ENGRAVING AND IVORY-WORK
(A) SHELL-ENGRAVING
(B) IVORY-WORK
CHAPTER XI—TERRA-COTTA FIGURES AND RELIEFS
CHAPTER XII—STONEWARE AND POTTERY
CHAPTER XIII—DRESS, MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC.
CHAPTER XIV—LIFE, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, LAW, RELIGION
(A) THE EARLY SUMERIAN PERIOD
1. LAWS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
2. RELIGION
(B) THE KHAMMURABI PERIOD
1. LAWS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS
2. RELIGION
(C) THE ASSYRIAN ERA
1. STATE OF SOCIETY
2. RELIGION
(D) BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN SYMBOLISM
(E) BABYLONIAN ESCHATOLOGY
A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY
LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT KINGS AND RULERS AND A BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY
MAPS
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX
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