See also:

• LARSA (Biblical Ellasar, Gen. xiv. 1)

LARSA (Biblical Ellasar, Gen. xiv. 1)  , an important See also:

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

city of See also:

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

ancient Babylonia, the site of the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-See also:

• GOD

god, See also:

• SHAMASH, or AMAS

Shamash, represented by the ancient ruin See also:

• MOUND

mound of Senkereh (Senkera) . It See also:

• LAY

lay 15 M . S.E. of the ruin mounds of Warka (anc . See also:

• ERECH (Uruk in the Babylonian inscriptions; Gr. Orchoe)

Erech), near the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• BANK

bank of the Shatt-en-Nil See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . See also:

• LARSA (Biblical Ellasar, Gen. xiv. 1)

Larsa is mentioned in Babylonian See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions as See also:

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

early as the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of Ur-Gur, 2700 or 2800 B.C., who built or restored the ziggurat (See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage-See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower) of E-Babbar, the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Shamash . Politically it came into See also:

• SPECIAL

special prominence at the time of the Elamite See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest, when it was made the centre of Elamite dominion in Babylonia, perhaps as a special check upon the neighbouring Erech, which had played a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the resistance to the Elamites . At the time of Khammurabi's successful struggle with the Elamite conquerors it was ruled by an Elamite 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 named Eriaku, the Arioch of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, called Rim-See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

Sin by his Semitic subjects . It finally lost its in-dependence under Samsu-iluna, son of Khammurabi, c . 1900 B.C., and from that time until the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the Babylonian See also:

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

period it was a subject city of See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon . See also:

• LOFTUS, ADAM (c. 1533-1605)

Loftus conducted excavations at this site in 1854 . He describes the ruins as consisting of a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, circular See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform, about 42 M. in circumference, rising gradually from the level of the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain to a central mound 70 ft. high . This represents the ancient ziggurat of the temple of Shamash, which was in part explored by Loftus .

From the inscriptions found there it appears that, besides the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings already mentioned, Khammurabi, Burna-buriash (buryas) and the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NEBUCHADREZZAR, or NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Nebuchadrezzar restored or rebuilt the temple of Shamash . The excavations at Senkereh were peculiarly successful in the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of inscribed remains, consisting of See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay tablets, chiefly contracts, but including also an important mathematical tablet and a number of tablets of a description almost See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar to Senkereh, exhibiting in bas-See also:

• RELIEF

relief scenes of everyday See also:

• LIFE

life . Loftus found also the remains of an ancient Babylonian See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery . From the ruins it would appear that Senkereh ceased to be inhabited at or soon after the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian conquest . See W . K . Loftus, See also:

• CHALDAEA

Chaldaea and Susiana (1857) . (J . P . PE.) LARTET, EDOUARD (1801-1871), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French archaeologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1801 near See also:

• CASTELNAU, MICHEL DE, SIEUR DE LA MAUVTSSIERE (c. 1520-1592)

Castelnau-Barbarens, See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• GERS

Gers, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, where his See also:

• FAMILY

family had lived for more than five See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years . He was educated for 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 at See also:

• AUCH

Auch and See also:

• TOULOUSE
• TOULOUSE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON, COUNT OF (1678-1737)

Toulouse, but having private means elected to devote himself to See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . The then See also:

• RECENT

recent See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• CUVIER, GEORGES LEOPOLD CHRETIEN FREDERIC DAGOBERT, BARON (1769-1832)

Cuvier on fossil See also:

• MAMMALIA (from Lat. mamma, a teat or breast)

mammalia encouraged Lartet in excavations which led in 1834 to his first discovery of fossil remains in the neighbourhood of Auch .

Thenceforward he devoted his whole time to a systematic examination of the French caves, his first publication on the subject being The Antiquity of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man in Western See also:

• EUROPE

Europe (186o), followed in 1861 by New Researches on the Coexistence of Man and of the Great Fossil Mammifers characteristic of the Last See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Period . In this See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper he made public the results of his discoveries in the See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave of Aurignac, where See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence existed of the contemporaneous existence of man and See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct mammals . In his work in the See also:

• PERIGORD

Perigord See also:

• DISTRICT

district Lartet had the aid of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CHRISTY, HENRY (1810-1865)

Christy (q.v.) . The first See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of their See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint researches appeared in a paper descriptive of the See also:

• DORDOGNE

Dordogne caves and contents, published in Revue archeologique (1864) . The important discoveries in the Madeleine cave and elsewhere were published by Lartet and Christy under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Reliquiae Aquitanicae, the first part appearing in 1865 . Christy died before the completion of the work, but Lartet continued it until his breakdown in See also:

• HEALTH

health in 1870 . The most modest and one of the most illustrious of the founders of See also:

• MODERN

modern palaeontology, Lartet's work had previously been publicly recognized by his nomination as an officer of the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour; and in 1848 he had had the offer of a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• POST

post . In 1857 he had been elected a See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign member of the Geological Society of See also:

• LONDON

London, and a few See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks before his See also:

• DEATH

death he had been made See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of palaeontology at the museum of the Jardin See also:

• DES

des Plantes . He died at Seissan in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1871 .