$H Isabel.

A colour intermediate between white and yellow, in which yellow predominates.(1891= a1)

$H Isaff. Arabia

A form of the solar deity who was worshipp= ed in ancient Arabia. (1876c1)=

$H Isaic Tablet.= Egypt

A famous monument of late Roman-Egyptian a= rt, which is preserved in the Museum of Turin, and which has been published b= y Kircher, Montfaucon, an= d other writers, as an invaluable key to the Egyptian mythology and Hieroglyphics= . It is now generally regarded as an impudent forgery. It is a piece of orname= ntal brazen work, of the time of Adrian, exec= uted by a person who was ignorant alike of the language and the art of Egypt. "Upon a plaque of bronze, covered with silver, which sustains four lions, are represented three series of divinities, assembled at hazard. T= hey are accompanied by symbolical figures and inscriptions completely denuded= of sense, among which are some purely fanciful royal cartouches. In the cent= re of the tablet the goddess Isis, after whom the monument is named, is represented sitting on her throne under a shrine." (Pierret.) (1876c1)

$H Isana.

A city or district of which Mitunu was the prefect under Sennacherib. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Is-artais. Egypt

A common Egyptian feminine name in the Mid= dle Empire. (1876c1)

$H Isbaggi. (?)<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Babylonia

A country in Babylonia, which was ruled by= a viceroy named Hassimer, in the reign of Urukh, king of Ur. (1876c1)

$H Isbi-bar-ra.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Babylonia

An early Babylonian king, reigning at Karrak. Nothing else is known respecting him. (1876= c1)

$H Iseia.

Gr. and R.= (}= 3F= ,4= "[=3DIseia]). Festivals in honour of Isis. Among the Romans they degenerated into mere licentiousness, and were abolished by the senate.(1883m1)

$H Ise-kheb-au. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, wife of the singer of Pthah-zet-pthah-auf-ankh, and mother of the chancel= lor Psametik, of the XXVIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Iselastici Ludi.

Gr. and R. Athletic = contests which gave the victor the right of returning to his native city in a char= iot (= ,ÆF,8"b<,4<[=3Deiselauvein]); = whence the name iselast= ici. These contests formed part of the four great games of Greece, viz. the Olympic, <= span class=3DSpellE>Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean<= /span> games.(1883m1)

$H Iseret. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the sister of Astaret-en-heb, which see. (1876c1)

$H Isetaari. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the wife of the royal sc= ribe and priest Peti-har-pe-khruti, which see. (18= 76c1)

$H Iseueri. Egypt

The wife of Petiharpo= crates, a royal scribe, which see. (1876c1)

A priestess or assistant in the temple of = the goddess Tafne or Tefnu, at Touni or Thinis. She was the mother of Anasch, the scribe of the s= acred treasury there. (1876c1)

$H Ish-ma-baal. "Man of Baal" &= nbsp;

A king of Gaza. He was one of the tributaries of Sennacherib. (1876c1)

$H Ishtar.

One of the chief deities of the Assyrians = and Babylonians alike; although she was generically one of the deities of the second rank. She was the daughter of the Moon-god Sin, and was identified= by the Chaldeans with the planet Venus. She was essentially a warlike goddess, and was called "The Goddess of Battles and of Victories," in which attribute she was often represented as giving a bow to the Assyrian king in token of his victories over his foes. She was also, as the goddess of reproductive nature, the keeper of all the treasures of the earth, and hence was figured as All= at, "The Queen of the Spear or Divining-rod." In another form of the same principle she was the goddess of sensual indulgence. She was the spe= cial protectress of Erech, and in her character of Anna, or Nana, of Nineveh, while she was distinguished also at Arbela, another great seat of her worship, as Ishtar = of Arbela. Her offices, names, and attributes were very various, and there appears to have been two Ishtars<= /span>. mother and daughter, one the great Nature-godd= ess, and one the heroine of one of the mythical legends, called "The Desc= ent of Ishtar into Hades." There is a consid= erable amount of confusion yet remaining to be cleared away with regard to the relations of Ishtar to D= avcina, Bilit, Ashtaroth,= and Izdubar; but generally the mythologies agree in mak= ing her the goddess most brought into contact with men and the under-world. (1876c1)

$H ISHTAR (of Arbela; o= f Nineveh). Assyria

In Assyrian mythology Ishtar became divided into Ishtar of the morning sta= r and goddess of war, and Ishtar of the evening sta= r and goddess of love. In the latter character she was generally addressed as <= span class=3DSpellE>Bilit (Baaltis) or "Lady." This separation of the qualities originally ascribed to= the same goddess was peculiar to the Assyrians and Canaanites. It remained unknown in Babylonia. (Sayce.) (1876c1)

$H Ishtar-mu-kam-ish.

The chief keeper of the tablets of King Assurbanipal. (1876c1)

$H Isi-em-cheb.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the wife of Har-m-ankh-amen, the overseer of the sacrificiants of Amen Ra; and mother of the lady Kaka, which see. (1876c1)

$H Isi-em-chev.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Egypt [See also Isi-em-kheb - Editor]

A princess of the royal line of Seti= I., who married Ra-men-kheper, one of the princes of the usurping house of Har-Hor<= /span>, of the XXIst dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Isi-em-kheb. = Or Isiemchev. Egypt [See also Isi-em-chev - Editor]

A priestess of Amen Ra, the daughter of the priest Mont-emha. Her votive statuette is in = the Museum of the Louvre. (1876c1)

$H Isinglass.

Gelatine extracted from the sturgeon, employed to size canvases and in certain kinds of size‑painting.(1891a1)<= /span>

$H Isi-oer. Egypt

A priestess of Amen Ra. See Oer and Tentcheiat. (1876c1)

An Egyptian lady, the mother of the lady Ta-set-ta, a priestess of the god Ra. (1876c1= )

A priestess of Amen Ra, the daughter of the lady Khons-irites. The period when she lived = is uncertain. (1876c1)

$H Isiris.

The Greco-Phenician form of the name of the Egyptian deity Hesirei, or Osiris. (1876c1)

$H Isis. Egyptians

The sister of Har-san= kh, an Egyptian gentleman of rank in the XIIth dy= nasty. (1876c1)

A queen of Egypt, of the Older Empire.= Her tomb was broken open by robbed in the reign of Rames= es IX. (1876c1)

$H Isis. = Egyptian Goddess

A great Egyptian goddess, the second membe= r of the second great triad, Osiris, Isis, and Horus. She was the queen and the personification of heaven, and the sister and wife of Osiris, wh= ose members she sought throughout Egypt to collect and bury, when he was slain, and his limbs scattered, by his brother Set. She was generally represented as a beautiful woman, with full breasts and winged arms, and wearing a throne on her head; the throne, hesi, b= eing the Hieroglyphic of her name. Isis was also often represented as wearing a di= sk between two cow's horns, and under that form she was almost always confou= nded with the goddess Hathor, while in the most an= cient monuments of Egypt the cow was also her symbol Sometimes again Isis was figured as standing upright, and with her arms, which were furnished with wings, covering the mummy of Osiris, or occasionally enfolding the statue of the king; and in that characteristic= she was called "Isis the Protectress;" = since she was thus supposed to be bringing the cead= body of her husband to life. Sometimes, also, the goddess was figured as holdi= ng her hand upwards before her face, as in a posture of grief, during which position she was believed to pronounce the mystical evocations to the sou= l of Osiris. Astronomically, the spirit of Isis was placed in the star Sirius, which under t= he name of Sothis held an important position in = the astrological and astronomical calendar of the Egyptians. See also Hathor, Osiris, and Horus. (1876c1)=

The goddess Hest or Aset is the daughter of <= span class=3DSpellE>Seb and Nut, and wife and sister of Osiris. She is always represented as a woman, and wears on her head the seat or throne which is also the hieroglyph for her name. But at times she wears other headdresses, particularly the vulture cap, the disk and horns, and the double crown. S= he is the mother of Horus, and as such seems to = be merged in Hathor at times. She was the true t= ype of wifehood and motherhood. Her husband Osiris h= aving been killed and his body hidden by Set, she spared no pains in her search= to find him, and was aided in her lamentations by her sister Nephthys. It is therefore, because of every dead person having become an Osirian, that these two goddesses are so frequently represe= nted at the head and feet of the mummy in the pictures on tomb walls, and on sarcophagi. With Osiris and Horus, Isis forms one of the best known triad= s. The great temple at Philae= was dedicated to her. In the legend of Ra she figures as a magician; and = she is called also the "great enchantress." ILLUS. = Isis. ILLUS. Isis.(1902b1)

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$H Isi-ta-nefer. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, a c= horistress of Amen Ra, and the wife of Ben-neb-en-skhauf, which see. (1876c1)

$H Isi-tef-naschti. Egypt

The father of Pihor, a priest of Amen Ra, which see. (1876c1)

$H Isium. Egypt

An Egyptian city in the Memphite nome of the Heptanomos,= or Middle Egypt. (1876c1)

A chief town of the A= ntaeopolite nome in the Thebaid of Upper Egypt. (1876c1)

$H Iskander.

The Turkish form of the Greek royal name Alexander. (1876c1)

$H Ismi-dagan.

Ismi-dagan. "Dagan Heard." An early Babylo= nian king ruling over Nipur, Ur, and Karrak. (1876c1)

Ismi-dagan. The earliest known king of Assyria. He was succeeded by his son, S= amsi-Vul I., in the nineteenth century B= .C. (1876c1)

$H Isminthians.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Etruria

Probably an Etruscan title of the god Turms or Hermes. (1876c1)

$H Isodomos or Isodomum or Isodomus.

Isodomus. (Arch.) A term applied by Greek architects to= that style of masonry in which the courses of brick or stone were of equal height.(1891a1)

Isodomos or Isodomum, Gr. and R. (= ÆF= `*= @:= @H[=3Disodomos], i.e. equal course). A structure built in equal courses, that is, in such a way that the surface each stone is of one uniform size, and that the joints of one layer are adjusted with those of another so as to correspond symmetrically. Fig. 400 a. Isodomum opus.(1883m1)

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$H Isokephaleia.=

(Gr. ÇF@H[=3Disos], equal; <= /span>6,N"8¬[=3Dkephale], head)= . A rule in Greek sculpture by which the heads of all the figures on a bas‑r= elief were of the same height from the ground.(1883m1)

$H Isography.

The art of reproduci= ng or making exact facsimiles of writings, manuscripts, and autographs.(1891a1)=

$H Isometrical Perspect= ive.

Isometrical Perspective, used for representing a bird's= 209;eye view of a place, combines the advantages of a ground‑plan and elevation; only the lines of the base are made to converge, leaving the w= hole figure cubical, and without the expression of distance from the point of sight.(1883m1)

$H Isokephaleia.=

A principle in Greek sculpture, according to which the heads of the figures in a bas‑rel= ief were the same distance from the base of the relief, whether they were rid= ing, standing, or sitting.(1891a1)

$H Isolated.

(Arch.) A building or portion of a building is said to be isolated when it is wholly detached f= rom the main body of the building. A pillar set against a wall is said to be isolated when it is not in the same plane as the wall, with which it is o= nly connected by its base and capital. ILLUS. isolated(1891a1)

$H Isometrical Perspect= ive. [See Perspective, Isometrical.] (1891a1)

$H Ispabara.

Nephew of Dalta, king of Illipa in Elam. His succession to the throne being disputed by his brother Nipe, he called in the assistance of Sargon II., who defeated Nipe and his allies, and confirmed his possession of the kingdom of Illipa as a tributary of Assyria. (1876c1)

$H Ispahan Tiles.

Ispahan Tiles, of the period of Shah‑Abbas ‑ 16th century ‑ are remarkable f= or exquisite design.(1883m1)

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$H Ispaki.

King of Asguzu= , near Media. He attempted to invade Assyria,= but was defeated and slain by Esarhaddon. (1876c1= )

$H Ispimagu. Egypt

King of Taini = or Thynis (Thinis?), one o= f the twenty petty kings of Egypt under the Assyrian Icosarchy. (1876c1)

$H Ispuni.

King of Ararat or <= st2:country-region w:st=3D"on">Armenia. He was the son of = Seduri, the improver of the kingdom, and was succee= ded by his son Minua. (1876c1)

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$H Israel Stela. Egypt

A block of black syenite, measuring 10ft. 3in. = high, 6ft. 4in. across, and 13in. thick, found by Petrie in the ruins of a temple of Mer-en-Ptah at Thebes. It was used in the first plac= e by Amen-hetep III., w= ho inscribed on it a record of his religious benefactions to the temple of Amen. His son, Khuen-Aten erased a great part of it, particularly the names of Amen; but the inscription was restored by Seti I. Mer-en-Ptah took the stone and built it into = his temple with the inscribed face to the wall. Then on the blank side he car= ved a long account of his defeat of the Libyan invaders, followed by a record= of a Syrian campaign, with an enumeration of various tribes and peoples. Amo= ng them occurs a name which is thought by many to refer to the Israelites of= the Bible. The passage runs as follows:- "Vanquished are the Tahennu; the Kheta (Hittites) are quieted; ravaged is Pa-Kanana with all violence; taken is Askadni (Askelon?); seized is Ka= zmel; Yenu of the Syrians is made as though it had = not existed; the people of Ysiraal is spoiled, it= hath no seed; Syria has become as widows of the land of Egypt; all lands toget= her are in peace." The stela is in the Cairo museum. Th= e name I-s-r-a-e-l-u has been found on another stela= of the time of Mer-en-Ptah, and identified by Spiegelberg. It is in the Cairo Museum.(1902b1)

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$H Issabri [See Issapri - Editor]

<= /o:p>

$H Issapri. Or Issabri.

An Assyrian city, which supported Assurdainpal in his revolt against his father, Shalmaneser II., and was recon= quered by Samas-Rimmon. (1876c1)

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$H Issuant. Heraldry

(Her.) This term is = most frequently applied to demi‑lions, and i= mplies that the lion is issuing from= the bottom of a chief, so that only the upper part of the lion is seen. The t= erm naissant (q.v.) has a slightly different meaning.(1891a1)

$H Istar-duri.

The governor of Arbah= a, under Sargon II. He was eponym of the year B.C. 714, the chief event in w= hich was an expedition to Media, Ararat, and Muzazir. (1876c1)

The governor of Nisib= in, in the reign of Shalmaneser III. He was epony= m of the year B.C. 774. the chief event in which wa= s an expedition to Ararat and Zimri. (1876c1)=

$H Istar-nan-hun-di.

An early king of Elam. His statue was brough= t to Nineveh by Assurbanipal after the Elamite= conquest. (1876c1)

$H Istar-su-mes-ses. Chaldaea

An early Chaldean astronomer. Records of the phases of Venus by him are preserved in the Cuneiform inscriptions. (1876c1)

$H Is-tat-ti.

A strong fortress in the kingdom of Minni, where for a short time = Ahsera the king escaped from Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, who ultimately destroyed the city and fort. It was also written,= by the Assyrians, Adrana. (1876c1)

$H Istio.

In Teutonic mythology one of the three son= s of Mannus, and the father of one of the three ra= ces of the Germans. (1876c1)

$H Istunda.

One of the many petty Syrian states which = paid tribute to Tiglath Piles= er II. (1876c1)

$H Isua.

A Mesopotamian people, conquered by Tiglath Pileser I. (1876c1)