Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

GENERAL INDEX. 807
Sidon, discoveries in, 615-616.
Siloam, conduit of, 588 ;
pool of, 604 ;
the
inscription of conduit, 613-615.
Simon, L., liberality of, 282.
Sin, Moon-god, temple of, at Muqayyar, 1
74;
temple of, at Haran, 273 ; a Babylonian
deity, 734.
Sinai, in line of research, 587; Peninsula of,
visited by Prussian expedition, 634 ;
Mount
of, identified with Serbal, 634.
Singashid, monarch, 146.
Sinjir, expedition to, 116.
Sippara, identification of, 265.
Sirwah, inscriptions of, 722.
Skythopolis, see Bethshean.
Smith, Eli, his work in Palestine, 586-587 ;
the Smith-Robinson travels, 587-588.
Smith, George, engraver, 189 ; study of Assyrian
monuments, 190 ;
discovery of account
of Deluge, 1 9 1 ;
examines ruins of
Nimrud and Qal'at Shirgat, 192; theories,
193; researches at 0_oyunjuk, 194—1955
discoveries enumerated, 198 death at
;
Aleppo, 200.
Smyrna, figures and inscriptions near the road
to, 755, 757-
Snofru, predecessor of King Cheops, 663.
Soane discovers colossal statue of Rameses II.,
665.
Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis a
pioneer in Assyriology, 290.
Socotra, island of, visited, 716.
Sodom, overthrow of, 4.
Sokaris Osiris, sanctuary of, 636.
Solomon, Temple of, location of, 598, see
'Omar, Mosque of; palace of, 600-601.
Soudan visited by Prussian expedition, 634.
Sphinxes, avenue of, discovered by Mariette,
635.
Spiegelberg, work of, near Thebes, 643.
Sterret, Dr. J. R. S., accompanies Wolfe
expedition to Babylonia, 290.
Strabo, mentions " Hanging Gardens," 19;
mentions "the sepulchre of BT," 459 ;
travels in Nile valley, 635.
Stiibel, Dr., geological researches of, 595.
Sumeria, inscriptions of, 738.
Sumerian question, 281.
Surghul, German excavations at, 280 5
mound
of, 282 ;
discoveries at, 282-288 ;
cemetery
of, 536.
Survey of Palestine, geographical, 591—596.
Syennesis, Cilician king, 781.
Sylvestre de Sacy interprets Rosetta stone inscriptions,
629.
Syria, inscriptions in, 755—756.
Tablet Hill, 311, 442, 509.
Tablets of Tell el-'Amarna, description of,
620.
Tabnit, mention of, 616; sarcophagus of,
618.
Tahpanhes not identified with Tell Defne,
648.
Taima, inscriptions of, 727.
Tanis, ancient temple of, 637 ; sanctuaries of,
644 ; condition- of, 644 ;
the Bible Zoan,
644 ;
Petries discoveries at, 645.
Tarkondemos, King, 758 ; character of,
765 ; date of, 765 = Tarqudimme,
; 782.
Tarqudimme, 782.
Tarz, 782.
Taurus, inscriptions near, 780.
Tavernier describes Nineveh ruins, 10.
Taxeira, reference of, to Babylon, 16.
Taylor, J.
E., excavations of, at Muqayyar,
171-178.
Tell Basta, same as Bubastis and Basta, 646.
Tell Defne, site and remains of, 647.
Tell ej-[udaida, excavations at, 609—610.
Tell el-'Amarna, tablets of, 620 ;
famous
ruins at, 641.
Tell el-Hesy, mound and excavations of, 607-
608, 621.
Tell el-Lahm, Taylor's excavations at, 178.
Tell el-Maskhuta, location of, and discoveries
at, 648-649 .
Tell e!-Yehudiya, near probable site of temple
of high priest Onias, 651.
Tell es-Safi, excavations at, 609.
Tell Et-tuba, " Mound of Repentance, " 11.
Tell Ibrahim, enormous ruins of, 277.
Tell Jokba, location of, 55.
Tell-Lakariya, excavations at, 609.
Tell Manjur, on Tigris, 65.
Tell Medina, excavations of, 156.
Tell Nebeshe, sanctuaries and cemetery of,
647.
Tello, excavations at, by De Sarzec, 216-
223 ; ruins of, described, 219-220 ; further
discoveries at, 232-236, 279 ;
inscriptions
from, 450.
Tell 'Omran ibn All, mound of, 30, 159.
Tell Sandahanna, excavations at, 609—610.
Tell Sifr, excavations of, 156.
Temple of the Seven Directions of Heaven
and Earth, 184.
Terah, family worship of, 746.
Testament, Old, light upon, through Arabic
and Babylon-Assyrian inscriptions, 741.
Texier, finds figures of gods and inscriptions,
756. _
Thebes, its monuments examined, 638, 641 ;
excavations at, and results, 682, 690.
Thomas, Felix, architect, 163.
Thothmes I., II., III., coffins and mummies
of, 686, 689.
Thureau-Dangin, studies of, 257-258.
Tiberias, in line of research, 587; Lake of,
597-