$H Neanderthal.

A valley near Dusseldorf, in which bones and skulls were found of men asserted to have been praeadamite.(1883m1)

$H Neat‑house.

O.E. A cattle‑shed.(1883m1)

$H Neb-amen. Egypt

Neb-amen. An Egyptian j= udge. His period is uncertain. (1876c1)

Neb-amen. "Lord of= Amen Ra," or "Amen is Lord." A flabellum-bearer of one of the k= ings of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Neb-ankh. Egypt

Neb-ankh. The grandson = or a king (?) Nefer-hotep, of the XIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

Neb-ankh. "Lord of Life." A sacred scribe and prophet of Horus. He was the son of Psame= tik, who was also a sacred scribe in the Ptolemaic period. (1876c1)

$H Neb-anu. Egypt

An uncertain Egyptian goddess, of the Ptolemaic period. (1876c1)

$H Neb-e-chot. Egypt

According to some Egyptologists another fo= rm of the Egyptian royal name Taf-nekht. (1876c1= )

$H Neb-em-akhut.= Egypt

The son of Shafra, king of Egypt, and his queen Meri-s-ankh of the IVth dynasty. He acted as sacred scribe and privy <= span class=3DSpellE>counsellor to his father. (1876c1)

$H Neb-em-chut-et. Egypt

The son of an early Egyptian king. (1876c1= )

$H Neb-en-khata.= Egypt

A son of Rameses II. of the XIXth d= ynasty. (1876c1)

$H Neb-en-toneb.= Egypt

A son of Rameses II. of the XIXth dynas= ty. (1876c1)

$H Neb-en-toti.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Egypt

A daughter of Rameses= II. of the XIXth d= ynasty. (1876c1)

$H Neb-er-zer. <= span class=3DGramE>"The Lord Intact." Egypt

A title of the deity = Osiris, in opposition to the epithet Sepi, "Dismembered," the name under which he was venerated after his being torn in pieces by his brother Set. (1876c1)

$H Neb-iu. Egypt

An unidentified Egyptian fortress. It was situated probably near Memph= is. (1876c1)

$H Neb-ka. Egypt

Neb-ka. Or Seker-nefer-ke. The first king of the IIIrd Memphite dynas= ty of Egypt. In his reign the Libyans revolted; but being terrified by a lunar eclipse, submitted themselves to his arms. He reigned twenty-eight years, and was = the Necherophes of the Greeks. (1876c1)

$H Neb-nefer. &q= uot;The Justified Lord," or "= Lord of Justification." &= nbsp; Egypt

An early Egyptian astronomer, some observations by whom have been preserved. (187= 6c1)

$H Neb-nen-buta.= Egypt

The fourth prophet of Amen Ra, in the reig= n of King Aspalut of the XXVI= th dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Neb-neter-u. = "The Divine Lords." Egypt

Neb-neter-u. The surname of Mentu-ra, a= priest of Amen Ra, in the reign of Osorkon I.<= /st1:place> of the XXIInd dynasty. (1876c1)

Neb-neter-u. "The Divine Lords." An Egyptian prie= st in the XIXth or XXth dynasties. Like many other similar functionaries, he was at the same time priest and Sam of Pthah in Memphis, = and chief of the priests of the temple of Amen Ra at Ement or Hermonthis. (1= 876c1)

$H Neb-nofre. "The Good Lords." Egypt

A son of Amen-em-ap, a priest of the XVIIIth dynasty, which see. (1876c1)

$H Nebo.

Nebo. Nabu or Nebu. "The God Nebo." A = common element in the names of the Babylonian kings. It may be written either way indifferently. (1876c1)

Nebo. In Assyrian, Na= biu and Nabu, "The Proc= laimer," or "Prophet." A gr= eat Babylonian deity of the second order, although he practically became a go= d of the greatest rank. He was represented as a king crowned with the triple-h= orned cap and holding a sceptre or staff. This deit= y was called also "The Eastern Sun in the height of Heaven," and has = been identified with the Mithras of Persian mythol= ogy. Nebo was called Pa, the god of "the stylus," and Ac or Gar, "The Maker," in Accadian; and one of his early Assyrian titles was Nuscu, which afterwards became differentiated into a separate deity. Nebo was the god of literature and science, and the library of As= sur-bani-pal was placed under the protection of himself and his wife Tasmit. Nebo and Tasmit are said to have instructed t= he king like a father and mother, and the invention of the Cuneiform system = of writing was ascribed to them. Nebo was also called "The Overseer of = the Multitudes of Heaven and Earth," and special worship was paid him by Nebuchadnezzar. His cult had originally spread from = Borsippa. In Assyria he had a temple at = Calah,= and another in conjunction with Merodach at Nineveh. His sym= bol was the number ten. (1876c1)

$H Nebo-atsib.

An Assyrian officer in the court of Esarhaddon. He was called "The Holder of the T= wo Sceptres" of that monarch. (1876c1)=

$H Nebo-bel-uzur.

The governor of the town of Sihime, i= n the reign of Tiglath Pileser= II. (1876c1)

$H Nebo-bel-zikri.

The grandson of Merod= ach-Baladan, and chief of a tribe on the Persian Gulf; he assisted Saulmugina in his revolt from Assur-bani-pal. When the revolt was crushed, Nebo-<= span class=3DSpellE>bel-zikri fled to Inda-bigas, king of Elam. The latter was murdered by the usurper, Umman-aldas<= /span>, from whom Assur-bani-pal demanded the surrend= er of Nebo-bel-zikri. Nebo-bel= -zikri thereupon slew himself, and his corpse was sent to Nineveh. (1876c1)

$H Nebo-car-zil-tum-u.<= /span>

The author of the great astronomical work called the Namar Bili, compiled by the order of Sargo= n I., king of Agane. He was the son of a man named Munammih, and w= as a native of Lasanan, "The Great Country.&q= uot; (1876c1)

$H Nebo-dur-sanin.

An Assyrian officer who was called "T= he Partitioner of the Enemy." He lived in the rei= gn of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. (1876c1)=

$H Neb-oo. Egypt

An uncertain Egyptian goddess. She was probably a form of one of the greater divinities. (1876c1)

$H Nebo-pal-assar.

The Greek form of the Chaldean royal name Nabu-pal-uzur, which see. (1876c1)=

$H Nebo-rahim-baladhi.<= /span>

The keeper of the crown in the reign of Esarhaddon, B.C. 667. (1876c1)

$H Nebo-sum-iddin.

An Assyrian officer, the son of Nebo-rahim-baladhi, the keeper of the crown in the reign= of Esarhaddon. (1876c1)

$H Nebo-sum-iddin. Chaldaea

An early Chaldean astronomer, some observations by whom have been preserved on the tablets in the British Museum. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Nebo-sur-zidi.

The principal librarian of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria. (1876c1)

$H Nebo-zucipunu.

An Assyrian or Chalde= an astronomer. He was the son of the astronomer Merodak= -mu-basa. (1876c1)

$H Neb-pu.

The father of Ra-s-ho= tep-ab-ankh-netem and Ra-s-hotep-ab, which see. (1876c1)

$H Nebris.

A fawnskin, frequently found in representations= of Bacchantes and Thyades.(1891a1)

Gr. (from = <,$DÎH[=3Dnebros], a fawn= ). A fawn's skin, worn originally by hunters; an attribute of Dionysus, and assumed by his votaries. It is represented in ancient art as worn not onl= y by male and female bacchanals, b= ut also by Pans and Satyrs. It was commonly put on in the same manner as the= aegis, or goat's skin, by tying = the two fore‑legs over the right shoulder, so as to allow the body of t= he skin to cover the left side of the wearer.(1883m1)

$H Nebs. Egypt

The Egyptian name of the date fruit. (1876= c1)

$H Neb-se-mennu.= Egypt

An early Egyptian astronomer, some observations by whom have been preserved. (187= 6c1)

$H Neb-seni.

An Egyptian functionary, whose funereal papyrus is in the Briti= sh Museum. (1876c1)

$H Neb-taui. Egypt

Neb-taui, i.e. "lord = of the two lands," usually thought to mean ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt. It is more likely, however, that the= two lands represent the country east and west of the N= ile.(1902b1)

$H Neb-tef-au. Egypt

The chief of the boatmen, and bearer of the royal parasol of either Amenhotep III. or IV. of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Nebt-hotep. "Peace of Nebt." Egypt

An uncertain Egyptian goddess of the latest period. (1876c1)

$H Nebt-nehi. Egypt

An uncertain Egyptian goddess of the latest period. (1876c1)

$H Neb-uau. Egypt

A royal treasurer, the father of Userhat, a high-priest or Amen Ra. See Userhat. (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Nebuchadnezzar I. [See Nebuchadr= ezzar - Editor]

$H Nebuchadnezzar I. Babylonia

Nebuchadnezzar I. Or Nebuchadrezzar. Or Nabu-kudur= -uzur. (Incorrectly written Nebuchadnezzar; in Assyrian, Nabiu-cudurri-yutsur, "Nebo creates Submission," or "Nebo defend the Landmark.") An early king of Babylon who reigned about B.C. 1150. He twice invaded Assy= ria in the reign of Assur-risilim, by whom he was defeated, his plunder recovered, and his standard captured. Nothing else is known respecting hi= m. (1876c1)

Nabu-kudur-uzur or Nebuchadnezzar I. An early king of Babylonia. He invaded Assyria three times, in the= last utterly defeating the king, Assur-risilim. (1876c1)

$H Nebuchadrezzar II. Babylonia

Nebuchadrezzar II. Two imposto= rs arose in Babylonia at the beginning of the reign of Darius Hystaspes, who each claimed to be Nebuchadrezzar II., the son of Nabonidus, the last king of <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Babylon. The fir= st of these was a Babylonian named Nadinta-Bel, the= son of OEnares, who was defeated on the banks of = the Tigris, and again at Zarana, and finally capt= ured and put to death at Babylon<= /st1:City>. The second was an Armenian called Aracus, the= son of Handita, who had settled in Dobana, a district of Babylonia. Intaphres, the gener= al of Darius, however, took Babylon and seized Aracus, who was brought to Darius = and executed. (Sayce.) (1876c1)=

Nebuchadrezzar II., or The Great. Nebuchadrezzar was the son of Nabopolassar, who associated h= im in the government of Babylonia two years = before his death. In B.C. 605 Nebuchadrezzar defeated Pharaoh Necho at Carchemish, and overthrew the Egyptian = empire in Asia. He was summoned home immediat= ely afterwards by his father's death. Nebuchadrezzar reigned alone from 604 until his death in 561, when he was succeeded by h= is son Evil-Merodach. He had married Amuhia or Amytis, the d= aughter of the Median king during Nabopolassar's life= time, but since Herodotus ascribes his buildings at Babylon to a queen Nitokris, it has been supposed that Amuhia died before = her husband, and that he then married an Egyptian princess called Nitokris. It was for Amuhia that the hanging gardens were constructed. In 597 Nebuchadnezzar commenced the siege of Tyre, which was concluded in 585. Jerusalem had already been destroyed, its king Zedekiah carried to Babylon, and Palestine thoroughly subdued in 587. He is supposed to have afterwards invaded Egypt, and ravaged the Northern part of the country, and Su= siania must have been conquered about the same time. The Cuneiform inscriptions = show him to have been a pious monarch and a great builder. He completed the two walls of Babylon begun by his father, bu= ilt a palace for himself in fifteen days, lined the Euph= rates with brick, constructed reservoirs and canals, and erected numberless tem= ples. Many other temples, like that of Borsippa, we= re restored, Babylon= was enlarged and beautified, and gold and other costly materials brought = from all parts of the world to adorn his buildings. Of his temporary insanity = no mention has yet been found on the Babylonian monuments, the reference whi= ch was by M. Oppert at one time supposed to refe= r to the event, having been since read more satisfactorily in another manner by its discoverer. (Sayce.) (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Neb-uer. Egypt

The son of Nianni, a commander in the army of Seti I. of the XIXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Neb-uki. Egypt

A high-priest of Amen Ra, in the reign of = King Aspalut of the XXVth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Nebular.

(Lat. nebula, a mist). Belonging to= the nebulae, or clusters of stars only visible as a light, gauzy appearance or mist in the skies.(1883m1)

$H Nebulé and Nebulée.

Nebulée, Her. A dividing and border line, as represented= in Fig. 482. Fig. 482. Nebulée.(1883m1)

Nebulé. (Her.) This is one of the varieties of the dividing lines of a shie= ld. Nebulé<= /span> take slightly different forms on different shields, but they all resemble pret= ty closely the specimen here shown, consisting of well-marked double indentations and projections. ILLUS. nebule(1891a= 1)

$H Nebule Moulding.

A decorated moulding of Norman architecture, so called from the edge forming an undulating or waving line. (See Fig. 481.= ) Fig. 481. Nebule Mou= lding.(1883m1)

$H Nebulous.

Cloudy or hazy.(1883m1)

$H Nebuly.

Her. Ornamented with light wavy lines.(1883m1)