ASSUR AND NINEVED. 157 
Among other erections may be mentioned the temple of Nebo, 
built—or more probably rebuilt—by Sin-Sarru-iskun, the 
Saracos of the Greeks, under whom the fall of Nineveh and the 
domination of Assyria took place. This foundation contained 
a treasure-house of the goddess TaSmétu, the spouse of Nebo. 
Another important building on the site was a temple to the 
eoddess I8tar, who seems to have borne the name of Ninaittu. 
Numerous private houses and graves, some of them excellently 
constructed vaults, with terra cotta coffins, have been found. 
Of the smaller antiquities some examples have been published, 
but bas-relefs similar to those found in such numbers at 
Nineveh and Khorsabad, are rare or non-existent. Concerning 
certain royal figures and stele I shall have something to say 
later on. 
From the photographs which have been published it is 
satisfactory to notice that Mr. Rassam’s description of the ruins 
is correct—the great zigqurat or temple-tower is the only thing 
appearing prominently above the surface of the ground. Not- 
withstaiding the interest of this structure I am compelled to 
leave it for the present, as I have not sufficient material for a 
eood description of it. Later on, when a detailed account with 
restorations, similar to that treating of the temple dedicated to 
Anu and Adad, which has been so well described by Dr. Andrae, 
the chief explorer of the site, has appeared, I hope to return to 
the subject. 
Though it is somewhat surprising, we probably know more 
about the comparatively worse-preserved temple of Anu and 
Hadad than about the great zigqgurat which was, in the days of 
its supremacy, such a prominent feature of the city. But the 
temple to these two gods is so interesting that a special 
monograph concerning it has been written by Dr. Andrae, the 
Director of the excavations, and it is on this account that the 
description which I am about to give of it is possible. 
The lowest structures of the Anu-Adad temple are of A&8ur- 
ré8-i81, who was the ancient builder, if not the founder, of this 
double shrine. This ruler, who was the father of the well- 
known Tielath-pileser I., records his name on the bricks which 
his builders used, as follows :— 
(1) Assur-rés-ist (2) Sangu Assur (3) dpil Mutakkil-Nasku (4) Sangu 
Assur (5) dpil Assur-dan (6) Sangu Assur-ma, banw bit Addi (8) wu 
Anim. 
¢ ASsur-réS-i8i, priest of ASSur, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, priest of 
Assur, son of ASSur-dan, priest of ASsu likewise, builder of the 
house of Adad and Anu.” 
