See also:

• ASSUR
• ASSUR (Auth. Vera. Asshur)

ASSUR (Auth. See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera. Asshur)  , a See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew name, occurring in many passages of the Old Testament, for the See also:

• LAND

land and dominion of See also:

• ASSYRIA

Assyria.' The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of Assyria, which in the Assyro-Babylonian literature is known as See also:

• MAT (O. Eng. meatt, from late Lat. mattes, whence Ital. mallet, Ger. and Dan. matte, Du. mat, &c.)

mat See also:

• ASSUR
• ASSUR (Auth. Vera. Asshur)

Assur (ki), " land of Assur," took its name from the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Assur, situated at the ' The name Assur is not connected with the Asshur of I Chron.ii . 24i ii . 45 . See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

Note that it is customary to spell the See also:

• GOD

god-name Allur and the country-name AHur . See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern extremity of Assyria proper, whose territory, soon after the first See also:

• ASSYRIAN

Assyrian See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement, was bounded on the N. by the Zagros See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain range in what is now See also:

• KURDISTAN

Kurdistan and on the S. by the See also:

• LOWER

lower Zab See also:

• RIVER

river . The See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Assyria, which was the outgrowth of the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive settlement on the site of the city of Assur, was See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed by a probably See also:

• GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

gradual See also:

• PROCESS

process of colonization in the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich vales of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle See also:

• TIGRIS (Old Persian Tigrd, Diklat of the cuneiform inscriptions, Hiddekel of the Old Testament, Diglath of the Targum, Digla of the Arabs)

Tigris region, a See also:

• DISTRICT

district watered by the Tigris itself and also by several tributary streams, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of which was the lower Zab.' It seems quite evident that the city of Assur was originally founded by Semites from Babylonia at quite an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early, but as yet undetermined date . In the See also:

• PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

prologue to the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of the See also:

• GREAT

great Babylonian monarch Khammurabi (c . 2250 B.C.), the cities of See also:

• NINEVEH (Heb. m}'?, in classical authors Nivos, Ninus; LXX. Ntsetni, Nnveun: Assyrian Nind or Ninua)

Nineveh and Assur are both mentioned as coming under that See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's beneficent See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . Assur is there called A-usar(ki),2 in which See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination the ending -ki (" land territory ") proves that even at that early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period there was a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Assur more extensive than the city proper . It is probable that this non-Semitic See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form A-usar means "well watered region,"3 a most appropriate designation for the river settlements of Assyria . The problem as to the meaning of the name Assur is rendered all the more confusing by the fact that the city and land are also called Aiiur(as well as A-usar) ,both by the Khammurabi records° and generally in the later Assyrian literature . Furthermore, the god- and country-name Assur also occurs at a See also:

• LATE

late date in Assyrian literature in the forms An-gar, An-gar (hi), which form 5 was presumably read Assur .

In the Creation tablet, the heavens personified collectively were indicated by this See also:

• TERM

term An-gar, " See also:

• HOST

host of See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven," in contradistinction to the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth = Ki-gar, " host of earth." In view of this fact, it seems highly probable that the late See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing An-sar for Assur was a more or less conscious See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt on the See also:

• PART

part of the Assyrian See also:

• SCRIBES

scribes to identify the peculiarly Assyrian deity Astir (see AssuR, the god, below) with the Creation deity An-sar . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, there is an epithet Afir or Ashir (" overseer") applied to several gods and particularly to the deity Afur, a fact which introduced a third See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of confusion into the discussion of the name Assur . It is probable then that there is a triple popular See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology in the various forms of writing the name Ag.See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur; viz . A-usar,6 An-gar and the See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem agaru, all of which is quite in See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony with the methods followed by the ancient Assyro-Babylonian philologists 7 See also A . H . See also:

• LAYARD, SIR AUSTEN HENRY (1817-1894)

Layard, Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon (1853); G . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, Assyrian Discoveries (1875); R . W . See also:

• ROGERS, HENRY DARWIN (18o8—1866)
• ROGERS, JAMES EDWIN THOROLD (1823-1890)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1627–c. 1665)
• ROGERS, JOHN (1829-1904)
• ROGERS, JOHN (c. 1500-1555)
• ROGERS, ROBERT (1727-1784?)
• ROGERS, S
• ROGERS, SAMUEL (1763-1855)
• ROGERS, WILLIAM (1819-1896)

Rogers, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Babylonia and Assyria, i . 297; ii . 13; ii . 30, 76, 102; J .

F . M'Curdy, History, Prophecy and the Monuments, §§ 74, 171 f., 247, 258, 283; 57, 59 f . (on the god) . (J . D .