Frontispiece, Photograph. Izdubar (Nimrod) in conflict with a lion, from an early Babylonian cylinder. |
2. | Reverse of inscribed terra cotta tablet, containing the account of the Deluge, showing the various fragments of which it is composed, 9. |
3. | Oannes and other Babylonian mythological figures, from cylinder, 33. |
4. | Composite animals, from cylinder, 35. |
5. | Fight between Merodach (Bel) and the dragon, to face p. 62. |
6. | Sacred tree or grove, with attendant cherubim, from Assyrian cylinder, 85. |
7. | Sacred tree, seated figure on each side and serpent in background, from an early Babylonian cylinder, 88. |
8. | Merodach attacking the serpent, on an Assyrian cylinder, in the possession of Dr. S. Wells Williams, Newhaven, 90. |
9. | Sacred tree, attendant figures and eagle-headed men, from the seal of a Syrian chief, ninth century B.C., 97. |
10. | Merodach delivering the moon-god from the evil spirits; from a Babylonian cylinder; 101. |
11. | Bel encountering the dragon, from Babylonian cylinder, 109. |
12. | Merodach or Bel armed for the conflict with the dragon, from Assyrian cylinder, 112. |
13. | Fight between Bel and the dragon, from Babylonian cylinder, 114. |
14. | Eagle-headed men, from Nimroud sculpture, to face p. 102. |
15, 16 and 17. | Men engaged in building, from Babylonian cylinders, 162. |
18. | View of Birs Nimrud, the supposed site of the Tower of Babel, 167. |
19. | View of the Babil mound at Babylon, the site of the temple of Bel, 168. |
20. | Tower in stages, from an Assyrian bas-relief, 169. |
21. | Izdubar strangling a lion, from Khorsabad sculpture, to face p. 175. |
22. | Migration of Eastern tribe, from early Babylonian cylinder, 197. |
23. | Bowareyeh Mound at Warka (Erech), site of the temple of Istar, 248. |
24. | Izdubar and Hea-bani in conflict with the lion and bull, 249. |
25. | Izdubar among the trees of the Gods (?), from a Babylonian cylinder found in Cyprus by Gen. di Cesnola, 263. |
26. | Izdubar, composite figures, and Ur-Hea in the boat, from an early Babylonian cylinder, 270. |
27. | Composite figures (scorpion men), from an Assyrian cylinder, 276. |
28. | Xisuthrus, or Noah, and Izdubar, from an early Babylonian cylinder, 300. |
29. | Mugheir, the site of Ur of the Chaldees, 317. |
30. | Oannes, from Nimroud sculpture, to face p. 325. |