$H Nia.

The Assyrian form of the name of the Egypt= ian capital city Thebes, which see. (1876c1)

$H Nianai. Egypt

A commander-in-chief of the armies of Seti= I. of the XIXth dynasty. His wife's name was Hentnofre, and t= hat of his son Nebuer. (1876c1)

$H Nibarti-assur.

A strong fortress built by Assurnazirpal, king of Assyria, on the right bank of the river Eu= phrates. (1876c1)

$H Nibat-anu. Chaldaea

In Chaldean astronomy the name of the planet Mars, as one of the twelve stars of the West. (1876c1)

Nibat-anu. "Sanctuary of Anu." (?) In Chaldean astronomy the usual name of the planet Mars. (1876c1)

$H Nibat-ilai.

The governor of Rezep= h, and eponym of the year B.C. 818; Tartan of Vul-nirar= i III., and then eponym of the year B.C. 809. (1876c1)

$H Nibe.

The nephew of Dalta, king of Ilipa. He disputed the succession to = the throne with his brother Ispabara, and called = in the Elamites under Sutruk-Na= nhundi to help him, but in vain, as S= argon I. defeated them both and place= d Ispabara on the throne. (1876c1)<= /p>

$H Nibiru.

The astronomical name of the deity Marduk as the planet Mercury in the month of Tisri. (1876c1)

$H Nibise. "Armaments."

A phrase which continually occurs in the A= ssyrian inscriptions, "His nibise I took," that is, his armaments or artille= ry. (1876c1)

$H Niche.

Arch. (It. nicchia= , a sea‑shell). A recess in a wall for a statue or bust. (Fig. 485.) =

Fig. 485. Niche in the Sigma of the Caldariu= m.(1883m1)

(Arch.) A recess either in the façade or in the interior wall of a buildin= g, sometimes enclosed by pilasters and intended to contain a statue bust, or decorative vase. Examples of niches are found in every style of architect= ure. In the Arabian style the term nic= he is applied to the series of alveoli, which support ceilings.= In buildings of the Gothic periods we meet with niches formed by colonnettes supporting a small pediment and shelter= ing a statue. In the 16th century niches are generally covered with a canopy. In the architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries niches play an important = part in the external decoration of buildings. 4 ILLUS. niche1, niche2, niche3, niche4(1891a1)

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$H Niche-vaulting.

Arch. (Germ. <= span class=3DSpellE>Muschelgewölb= e). A form of roofing in a semi‑cupola design, common in the choirs of churches.(1883m1)

$H Nicholas, St.

St. Nicholas, one of the most popular saints in the calendar, was born at Panthera, in Asia Minor= , was for many years bishop of Myra, and died in 326 A. D. On one occasion he t= hrew three purses or balls of gold into the house of a nobleman, whose three daughters were penniless and undowered. On an= other he restored to life three boys who had been killed and put in a brineR= 09;tub by an innkeeper. These two episodes in his life have suggested subjects to many artists. His attributes are three balls of gold, an anchor, and a sh= ip, for he is the protector of seafaring men and commerce. He is also the pat= ron saint of Russia, and in an especial‑degree the friend of young children.(1891a1)

$H Nicium. Egypt

A chief town in the P= rosopite nome of Lower Egypt. (1876c1)

$H Nick, Old Nick. <= /span>

O.E. (Icelandic n= ikr; A.S. nicor, a water‑god). The devil.(1883m1)

$H Nickel.

Nickel (contraction of Kupfernickel, or Nick's copper, a term of derision given to it by the German miners). A white or reddish‑white metal, from which nickel‑silver is mad= e. It is used to a large extent in the arts, being remarkable for the peculi= ar whiteness and silver‑like lustre which = it communicates to other metals when alloyed with them.(1883m1)

$H Nickelled.

A term applied to metal ornaments, whether of iron, copper, or bronze, upon which is deposited by an electro‑metallic process a coating of nick= el. This protects the metal from rust and from the alterations caused by rust= and damp, and at the same time gives it a brilliant appearance.(1891a1)<= /o:p>

$H Nickel‑silver. &nb= sp;

German silver, or white metal, a compound of tin and nickel.(1883m1)<= /span>

$H Nidintabel.

An impostor, who after the fall of Babylon claimed = to have been Nabu-kudur-uzur, the son of Nabonahid, and for a short time usurped the Chaldean throne. He was slain by the Persians under Darius Hystaspes. (1876c1)<= /p>

$H Niellatori.

The artists who practised that branch of engraving metal plates called niello. (q.v.)(1891a1)

$H Niello.

The art of chasing out lines or forms, and inlaying a black composition calle= d nigellum or niello, was probably well known to the Greeks. The Byzantines compounded for this purpose silver, lead, sulphur, and copper, and laid it on the silver in a powder; being then passed thro= ugh the furnace, it melted and incorporated with the solid metal. A process p= roducing a similar result of black tracery is practised in porcelain painting, and called NIELLO‑ENAMEL.(1883m1)

A process of decorating metal plates brought to perfection by the goldsmith= s of Italy in the 15th century. A design was incised upon a plate of silver or of go= ld and silver mixed. A black compound consisting of copper, lead, borax, sulphur, and sal ammoni= ac was then introduced at a high temperature into the incised lines, and when co= ol formed an incrustation, leaving the rest of the metal plate bare. The pla= te was then polished and presented the appearance of black incrustation on a light ground. This method of engraving metal plates was practised with success by Byzantine and German artists, and many of their works are executed with wonderful delicacy. The Italians, however, were the most distinguished niellatori, and among them Tomaso or Maso Finiguerra, is justly the most celebrated. He was in the habit of testing his half‑= ;finished work, by taking a proof of it in earth or sulphur or even on paper. There is in the print‑room of the Paris Library a proof on paper of a Pax partially engraved in niello by Finiguerra in= 1452. This proof is of the greatest importance in the history of engraving, for there is no doubt that intaglio engraving, the art of multiplying copies = of a design incised on a metal plate, took its rise from the rough proof taken= by the goldsmiths of the 15th century from their nielli= . ILLUS. niello(1891a1)

$H Nif. Egypt

The little sail was the symbol for breath. The ba (q.v.) may be seen bringing it back to the mummy.(1902b1)=

$H Niffer.

The modern name of the Chaldean city Nipur, the capital of the Accadians. (1876c1)

$H Nigged Ashlar.

O.E. Stone hewn with a pick or a pointed hammer, presenting a gnawed or nibbled surface: from the Swedish nagga, to gnaw.(1883m1)

$H Niggling. = Painting

(Paint.) When such details as the leaves on a tree are treated separately, and wit= hout any regard to their mass, they are said to be niggled, and their method of treatment is called niggling. The works of the Pre&#= 8209;Raphaelites afford many complete instances of niggling, and will illustrate the confu= sion and want of dignity insured by this false realism.(1891a1)

$H Night.

The Greeks with their characteristic anthropomorphism, regarded Night as the daughter of Chaos, the wife of Erebus. and the mother of Sleep and Death. Artistic representations of her are by no means unknown. A statue of Nigh= t by the sculptor Rhoecus is said to have existed = in Ephesus in the = 7th century B.C. On painted vases she appears as heavily draped and wearing a veil covered with stars. She bears two children, Death and Sleep, in her arms.(1891a1)

$H <= span class=3DSpellE>Nii. Egypt

A country, supposed to be India, where Thothmes III. hunted 120 elephants. (1876c1)

$H Nike.

The goddess of victory among the Greeks. She was particularly associated with Athene and Zeus,= and the golden and ivory statues of Athene at Athens and of Zeus at Olympia each held a winged Nike in its hand. Nike was generally represented as a draped maiden with wings. She h= olds a palm‑branch and wreath in her hand, and sometimes stands upon a globe. Coins struck in commemoration of a victory frequently have a figur= e of Nike struck upon them. One of the most celebrated statues of Nike in existence is from the hands of Paeonius. It w= as ordered by the Messenians to commemorate the victory of Sphacteria, and a cast of it is to= be seen at the British Museum. As we have said, Nike is generally a winged goddess, but in early art she is represe= nted without wings, and a temple in honour of Nike= Apterus, or Wingless Victory, existed at Athens.(18= 91a1)

$H Nikharu.

The king of Gahupani<= /span>, an unidentified country in Arabia. He = was conquered and put to death by Esarhaddon. (18= 76c1)

$H Niku.

The Assyrian form of the Egyptian royal na= me Necho, which see. (1876c1)

$H Nile. Egypt

‘ο Νειλος, Nilus, Nîl, the n= ame of the river of Egypt. It is almost unnecessary = to remark that these names are none of them ancient Egyptian. The derivation= of the word "Nile" is given by = Brugsch as coming from the Semitic "Nahar" or "Nahal," signifying a "river." The hieroglyphic names for the river of Egypt are -

(1) Hapi, "he who overspreadeth," an undoubted reference to the inundation.

(2) Nu, a name it has in common with the sky, signifying "lifted up." I= t is an obvious allusion to the fact so often spoken of in the texts that the = Nile was "raised up" from its source by= a divinity who is sometimes called Isis, sometimes Sot= his, and at others Hathor.

(3) Uka, a word expressing "rushing forth," "leaping"; another allusion to the inundation.

(4) Akba ura, lit. "the great weeping," a recognized name for the overflowing of the Nile. The Egyptians= also spoke of their river as a serpent, and even represented it thus in art. A= t Philae is a well-known picture which shows the Nile issuing from a cavern in the shape of a serp= ent. Renouf has shown that in every one of the nomes a divine serpent was worshipped, this being n= one other than the good genius or portion of the river which passed through t= hat district.

The Nile is also called Kam-ura= , the "great extender," in the "Book of the Dead," chap. 64= .

This river is represented in the sculptures in human form, partaki= ng both of the male and female sex. A group of aquatic plants forms the head-dress. It is often figured on the sides of the thrones of colossal statues, where two figures, representing the Nile<= /st1:place> of the north and the south, are seen standing opposite to each other, and binding flowers of papyrus and lotus to the sam. (See AMULETS and HAPI.)

Statues of the Nile are very ra= re, and are usually painted green or red to represent the colour of the river before or after the inundation.

The source of the Nile has been from time immemorial a mystery; mo= dern travellers place it in the Victoria Nyanza Lake, but it is quite possible that it rises even further south of the equator.= The river, after passing through Lake Albert Nyanza, pr= oceeds as far north as Gondokoro, 5° N., where i= t is joined by the Bahr-el-Gazelle and the Sobât; from this point to Khartûm it is called= the Bahr-el-Abyad (White Nile); here the Bahr-el-= Azrek (Blue Nile= ) unites with it. The stream then flows on to the sea, receiving on its way only o= ne tributary, the Atbara<= /st1:place>. Its length is about 3300 miles.

Every year the Nile overflows i= ts banks. About the time of the summer solstice it begins gradually to rise,= and continues so to do until the end of September, when it gradually subsides, leaving behind it a deposit of rich, black mud. The prosperity of the cou= ntry depends upon the height to which the flood Nile rises. Should there be an excessive overflow the dikes break down, houses= are swept away, and sometimes whole villages damaged. If there is a deficienc= y, the land which is left unmoistened is not fertili= zed and must remain barren.

As long ago as the days of Amen-em-hat= III. (Dynasty XII.) so much importance was attached to the rising of the Nile that messengers were despatched from Semneh, above the second cataract, to carry the news through the towns and villages. There are some inscribed rocks at Semneh recording the average height of the inundati= on during the reign of this monarch, and it surpasses that of our days by 11= 1/2 ft., while the highest rise r= ecorded is 27 ft. 3 ins. above the greatest inundation known in our times. ILLUS. NILE.

$H Nilometer.

nilometer: device for measu= ring the annual rise of the River Nile. (1894e1)

A building erected, A.D. 847, in the island of Rhoda, opposite to Cairo, for recording the annual rise of the Nile (i.e. 16 cubits). It is a slender octagonal = shaft about 20 feet in height, with a Corinthian capital. (See the Builder, xvii. 255.)(1883m1)

$H Nilo-polis. "City of the Nile."

A Greco-Egyptian town, probably anciently called Hap. It was situated on an island in the Hera= kleopolite nome of the Heptanomos. See Hap or Pehap. (1876c1)

$H Nilqurade.

A tribe in Mesopota= mia which was conquered by Tiglath Pileser II. (1876c1)

$H Nimbed.

A saint is said to be nimbed when his head is surrounded wit= h a nimbus.(1891a1)

Her. Having the head encircled with a = nimbus; usually represented by a circular line.(1883m1)

$H Nimbus.

(Lat. nimbus, a bright or black clo= ud). In Christian art, a disc or plate, commonly golden, sometimes red, blue, = or green, or banded like a rainbow, placed vertically behind the heads of persons of special dignity or sanctity as a symbol of honour. After the 8th century living persons were, in Italy, distinguished by a s= quare nimbus, which sometimes assumed the form of a scroll partly unrolled. The nimbus is of heathen origin. Virgil describes Juno as "nimbo succincta." = The heads of the statues of the gods, and the Roman emperors, after they bega= n to claim divine honours, were decorated with a c= rown of rays. On medals of the Christian emperors also the nimbus is found, e.= g. Constantine. In illuminated MSS. it is found on Pharaoh, Ahab, and other kings. It is a familiar symbol of dignity or power in the East, but does not appear as a Christian emblem before the 6th century. [See the article NIMBUS in the <= span class=3DSpellE>Dict. of Christian Antiquities.] (See AUREOLE, GLORY, VESICA PISCIS, &c.)(1883m1)

The luminous circle placed by painters and sculptors on the heads of saints. = Some nimbi are cruciform, others triangular. They assume indeed a variety of forms, according to the saint whose head they surround. [Aureole.] ILLUS. nimbus(1891a1)

$H Nimit-maruduk.

The name of a wall which was built around = his capital city by Vul-pal-idinna, king of Babylonia. (1876c1)

$H Nimrod.

Nimrod. According to Gen. x. 8-10, Nimrod = was the son of Cush, and a mighty hunter, the beg= inning of whose kingdom "was Babel and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar." Shinar is Sumir or Sungir (North-western Chaldea), and Cush is probably to be identified with the Cassi or <= span class=3DSpellE>Cossaeans of Susiania. = Nimrod has been identified with Merodach, whose Accadian name was Amar-ud, and who was also the patron of Babylon, and a divine hunter, as well as with = Izdubar, the hero of the great Babylonian epic, who= seems to have come from the town of Marad, and was reputed" a mighty hunter." Izdubar = was the Greek Herakles, and his twelve adventures answer to the twelve labours of Herakles. As both Merodach and Izd= ubar were solar heroes, the identification of Nimrod with both can be well maintained. (1876c1)

--- $H Nimrod. Egypt

Nimrod. The Assyrian name which the Egypti= ans changed into Namrut when it was borne by the princes of the XXIInd dynasty. (1876c1)<= /o:p>

Namrut. Or Nimrod. A pet= ty king of Egypt in the XXIInd dynasty. He reigned over Hermopolis, but rebelled against Piankhi of Ethiopia, who besieged and took his capital city after a three days' siege, and compelled him to pay tribute and do homage. He married a queen named Nestennest, whom together with his other wives he sent to make peace with Piankhi. (18= 76c1)

Namrut. A son of Uaserken II. and father of Tak= arut II., of the XXIIIrd dynasty, who on the death= of Sheshanka II. became king of Egypt. Nothing else is know= n of him. (1876c1)

$H Ni= mrud.

The modern name of the Assyrian city Calah. (1876c1)

$H Nin-akha-guddu.

In Accadian mythology the name of a goddess whose attributes are not well known. (187= 6c1)

$H Nin-bubu. "Lord or God, of Sailors."

A title applied to the Assyrian deity Nin or Nindar. (1876c1)=

$H Nincompoop.

O.E. A corruption of the Latin non com= pos; a fool.(1883m1)

$H Nin-dar.

In Accadian mythology the name of the god Adar of the Assyrians, the god of the planet Saturn. (1876c1)

$H Nine Bows Egypt

Nine Bows: the traditional personification of the nations= of mankind. (1894e1)

$H Nineveh. Assyria

The capital city of the Assyrian empire, w= hich according to the Hebrew writers was founded by Asshu= r, the descendant of Nimrod, B.C. 2245. With the exception of a few scattered notices in the book of Genesis, we know nothing of the kings who succeeded Nimrod, or of the early times of Assyria. The names only of a few almost mythical kings have been preserved in the Cuneiform tablets. The earliest historical record of Nineveh in the Hieroglyphic writings shows it to have been one of the chief citie= s of the confederacy of the Upper = Rotennu, and as such it was the centre of a great battle, in the sixth year of his reign, between Thothmes III. of the XVIIIth dynasty, and the Syrian states. The Egyptian monarch gaining the day, imposed tribute upon the city, and placed Egypti= an governors over the annexed provinces. Nineveh was again plundered in the thirty-third (?) year of the reign of Thothmes, and a few years later by Amenhotep II. Gradually the Assyrians became more and more powerful, till in the re= ign of Seti I. of the XIXth dynasty the Ninevites refused to pay their stipulated tribute, whereupon the Egyptian king inva= ded Mesopotamia, and reduced the city to obedience. <= span class=3DSpellE>Rameses II. and II., Menepthah= III., and even the later Ramesside Pharaohs, = all kept up the titular lordship over Nineveh, but receiving less tribute in each reign. The last of the Egyptian monarc= hs to form an alliance with the people of Nineveh was Harhor, who chiefly rose to the throne in= the XXIInd dynasty by the help of the Assyrian princes.= The people alike of Nineveh and Babylon were generally in opposition = to each other, although frequently united for a time under one sceptre. The chief temples were erected by Vulnirari III.; Sargon, Sennacherib, and Esarhaddon, all enlarged the city, and adorned it w= ith beautiful palaces. Sennacherib indeed rebuilt the city after its first destruction by the Medians and Babylonians B.C. 789, in the reign of Asshur-likkish. Assurbanipal on his invasion of Egypt, and conquest of Thebes, brought two large ob= elisks to Nineveh to adorn his palace there, and his son Assur-edil-ilani= fortified and improved the walls of the city. The great wealth of the Assyrian capital, and the increasing power of the revived empire of Babylonia, hastened its ruin, and the city was fi= nally destroyed by Nabopalassar and Cyaxares B.C. 606. The circumstance of both these sieges and conquests having been carried on by the Medes and Babylonians, has caused many writers to confu= se the two events into one narrative, disregarding the authenticity of the f= irst catastrophe, and indeed the point is one which is still unsettled. The devastation of Nineveh was so complete that in the days of Alexander the Great it had ceased to become even a town. The Romans when they annexed M= esopotamia, partially rebuilt the city under the name of Ninus, but this new town was destroyed by the Sassanians, from which time every recollection of its site passed from the pages of history. In the Middle Ages the Arabs built the town of Mosul upon some of the mounds of debris which covered the ruins of the Assyrian capital, and it has only been within the last thirty-five years that its = site has been rediscovered and its ruins disinterred, chiefly by Mr. A. H. Layard, and in 1848 and still more recently by Geor= ge Smith in his excavations in Assyria in 1873-4. See also Assurbanipa1, Sammuramat, Sennacherib, and Koyunjik. (1876c1)

$H Nin-gal-idina.

A king of Ur. He was conquered by Nabu-zir-napisti-esir, who had claimed the throne of Babylon, but who was soon defeated by Esarhaddon. Noth= ing else is known respecting him. (1876c1)

$H Nin-gelal.

In Accadian mythology the name of the goddess Belit. (187= 6c1)

$H Ninharrissi. "Lady of the Mountains."

A title of the Assyrian goddess Ishtar. (1876c1)

$H Ninii.

The Egyptian name by which the city of Nineveh is menti= oned among the capitals conquered by Thothmes III. (1876c1)

$H Ninip. Babylonia

A Babylonian warlike deity, and a son of t= he divinity Bel. He was also called Bar. His ana= logue was the Ares of the Greeks. (1876c1)

$H Ninipalesar. Assyria

An early king of As= syria. He ascended the throne after the defeat and death of his father,(?) Bel-kudur-uzur, by the Babylonians, with whom he had continually to struggle for the crown. He was succeeded by his son Assurdan I. (1876c1)

$H Ninipalikpani.

The governor of Sihim= e in the reign of Sargon II., and eponym of the year B.C. 711, the chief ev= ent in which was an expedition to Ashdod. (1876c1= )

$H Ninipidin.

The governor of Kurba= n in the reign of Assurdan. He was eponym of th= e year B.C. 757, in which year there "was peace in the land." (1876c1)=

$H Ninip-ilai.

Ninip-ilai. The governor of Ahiz= uhina in the reign of Vulnirari III., and eponym of the year B.C. 802, the chief event in which was an expedition to Hupuskia. (1876c1)

Ninip-ilai. The governor of Nisi= bin in the reigns of Tiglath Pileser II. and Shalmaneser IV. He was eponym of the years B.C. 736, in which took place an expedition to the foot of Mount Na= al; and 722, the chief events in which were the accession of Sargon, and the siege of Samaria. (1876c1)

$H Ninip-kin-uzur.

The governor of Nineveh in the reign of Vulnirari III. He was eponym of the yea= r B.C. 790, the chief event in which was an expedition to Media. (1876c1)

$H Ninip-mukin-nisi.

The governor of Kirru= ri in the reign of Assurdan III. He was eponym o= f the year B.C. 765, the chief events in which were a pestilence, and an expedi= tion to Hadrach. (1876c1)

$H Ninip-nazur.

The governor of Mazam= ua in the reign of Vulnirari III. He was eponym = of the year B.C. 783, the chief event in which was an expedition to Ituha. (1876c1)

$H Ninip-sezi-bani.

The governor of Rimus= i in the last year of the reign of Assurdan III= . He was eponym of the year B.C. 754, the chief events in which were an expedi= tion to Arpad, and the return from the city of Assur. (1876c1)

$H Ninip-tugultu-assur.

Another name for the early Assyrian king called Assur-zikur-esir, which see. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Ninip-uzur.

The governor of Salla= t in the reign of Samsi-Vul or Samas Rimmon IV., and eponym of the year B.C. 813, = the chief event in which was an expedition to Chaldea. (1876c1)

$H Ninit-gal. "Lord of the Strong Hand."

A title of the deity = Hea, which see.(1876c1)

$H Nin-kat-tin-barzil. "Lord of the Coat of Iron."

An Assyrian title of the god Ninip. (1876c1)

$H Nin-ki-gal. "Lady of the Great Earth."

The queen of Hades, the sister of Ishtar, and the wife of Hea in his character as deity of the earth. She was supposed to have been both a sister and also another form of the goddess Davcina<= /span>, and she was possibly also the goddess Mot, which see. (1876c1)=

$H Nin-kummu. "Lady of the Palace." Assyria

The name of an Assyrian lady or female functionary. (1876c1)

$H Nin-makh. "The Mighty Lady." Chaldaea

In Chaldean astronomy one of the twelve stars of the West. (1876c1)=

$H Nin-marki. Chaldeaa

A Chaldean god= dess, to whom Dungi, king of Ur, erected a temple called Bitgilsa. (1876c1)

$H Nin-muk. Akkad

In Accadian mythology the wife of the god Turtak, the dei= ty of the river Tigris. See Turtak. (Lenormant.) (1876c1)

$H Ninni.

A mountain district North of Assyria which= was conquered by Shalmaneser II. (1876c1)

$H Nin-ridu. Chaldaea

An early Chaldean deity which was worshipped by the first Chaldean kings in their capital city Ridu. (1876c1)

$H Nin-si. Chaldaea

In Chaldean astronomy an unidentified planet or fixed star, possibly Venus. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Ninth. Music

Ninth. In Music, an interval consisting of an octave and a tone, or semi‑t= one.(1883m1)

$H Nin-uki.

The Accadian n= ame of the capital city Ninua, or Nineveh, now called Koyunjik. (1876c1)

$H Ninus.

The form in which the name of the city of = Nineveh is prese= rved by Moses of Khorene. (1876c1)<= /p>

$H Niobe.

In Greek mythology Niobe was the wife of Amphion, and as a punishment for her boast that she= might rival Leto as the mother of beautiful childre= n, her children were all slain by the arrows of Apollo and Artemis. The tragic f= ate of Niobe and her children has from early time= s been a favourite subject with artists. The most celebrated rendering of it in ancient times was a group by Scopas.(1891a1)

$H Niordhr. Scandinavia<= /st1:place>

In Scandinavian mythology the god or ruler= of the winds and sea. (1876c1)

$H Nipur. Assyria

The later name of the capital city of the Southern Chaldeans called Accad; it was named also "The Cit= y of the Lord of the World." (1876c1)

$H Nirba. Assyria

In Assyrian mythology the god of harvests.= He was called Serakh by the Accadians in their magical incantations. (1876c1)

$H Nirgal-li.

The Assyrian name of the winged human-head= ed lions which, together with the Alapi, were us= ed to guard the entrances of the royal palaces. (1876c1)

$H Niri.

A people who were conquered by Budil, a very early king of = Assyria. (1876c1)

$H Niri-samas.

The governor of Isani= a, in the reign of Vul-nirari or Rimmon-nirari III. He was eponym of the year B.C. 791, the chief event in which was an expedition to Ituha. (1876c1)

$H Niri-sar.

A prefect of the city of Sirgardi.= He revolted against Sargon II., who captured him and added his district to t= he Persian provinces of Assyria. (1876c1)=

$H Niru. "Yoke." C= haldaea

In Chaldean astronomy an unidentified fixed star. (1876c1)

$H Nirukta.

An ancient Hindu etymological treatise, dealing chiefly with the difficult words and phrases of the sacred Vedas. (1876c1)

$H Nirvana.

That condition of unconscious absorption i= nto deity, to attain which is the highest ambition of every Buddhist. It is n= ot annihilation, but is the absolute and the infinite. (Oriental Congress, 1874.) (1876c1)

$H Nisan.

Heb. The month= in the Jewish calendar answering to our April.(1883m1)

$H Nisan-nu. Assyria

The first month of the Assyrians, dedicate= d to the deities Anu and Bel<= /span>, answering roughly to our March. Its Accadian = name was Saraziggar, "The Sacrifice of Righteousness." (1876c1)

$H Nisaya.

In Zendic myth= ology the fourth resting-place of the Iranians after their exile from Aryanem-Vaedjo, which see. It was the Nisaea of the Greeks. (1876c1)

$H Nis-belu. "Man of Bel." =

An early Babylonian proper name. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Nishem. Egypt

Another name for the Egyptian goddess Seben, which see. (1876c1)

$H Nis-inki.

The Accadian n= ame of the city of Karrak. (1876c1) [See Nisinna - Editor]

$H Nisinna. Babylonia

Nisinna. Or Karrak. A city in Babylonia, the capital of Gamil-ninip, an early Chaldean king. Its site is not known. (1876c1)

$H Nisroch. Assyria

Another name of the Assyrian deity who was more properly called Shalman. He was "Th= e King of Fluids, "He who Presides over Destinies," and the protector = of marriages. He was one of the eight greater gods, and was represented as a human figure, having an eagle's head, and being furnished with large wing= s. In his hands he generally held a basket of offerings and a pine cone. The true position of Nisroch is not at present fu= lly ascertained, some Assyriologists refusing to believe in him as a separate deity, while others regard him as a form of = the Chaldean Oannes. (Lenormant.) (1876c1)

$H Nista. Scandinavia

In Scandinavian mythology one of the two <= span class=3DSpellE>Walküres or Fates who supplied the god Odin wi= th mead in Asgard, the City of the Gods. (1876c1= )

$H Nisura. Assyria

A city in Assyria which revolted to Assurdan, and was conquered= for Shalmaneser II. by his son, Sa= mas-Rimmon IV. (1876c1)

$H Nit. Egypt [ See Neith - Editor]

$H Nitakret-mimut. Egypt

The regent of the kingdom in the reign of = Psametik I. of the XXVIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Nitakret-seret-en-pi-= muntu. Egypt

A royal lady, in the reign of Psametik II. of the XXVIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Nitetis. Egypt

An Egyptian princess, the daughter-in-law of= Uahprahet, of the Saite d= ynasty. Aahmes II., king of E= gypt, sent her in the place of his own daughter as a wife to Cambyses, king of Persia, a fraud which led to the Persian conquest of Egypt. (1876c1)

$H Nithine. Egypt

A chief city in the Her= mopolite nome of Lower Egypt. (1876c1)

$H Nitk-hotep-iri-bent.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Egypt

The wife of Necht-ane= bos, or Nekhtarhebef, a king of the XXXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Nitk-hotep-iri-bent.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Egypt

The mother of Nechtan= ebos, a king of the XXXth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Nitocris. Egypt

See MEN-KA-RA.

The Greek form of the royal name Neit-aker, which= see. (1876c1)

$H Nitrate of Silver.

Nitrate of Silver, used in photography, is silver dissolved in nitric acid.(1883m= 1)

$H Nitrites. Egypt

A nome of Lower Egypt, West of the Nile. It was situat= ed on the Natron lakes, and its chief city was call= ed Scetis. (1876c1)

$H Nitukki.

The Accadian n= ame of the Assyrian city Asmun, on the Persian Gulf. (1876c1)

$H Nivarius (saccus), R. A bag of snow used as a wine‑= cooler. (See COLLUM VINARIUM.) (1883m1)

$H N= ivernais Faience. (see Nevers)

$H Nivit-bel. Babylon

The name of the second of the great walls = of Babylon built by= Nabukuduruzur (Nebuchadrezzar<= /span>) the Great. (1876c1)

$H Nivit-marduk. "T= he Dwelling of Merodach." Babylonia

A Babylonian name applied to the city Nipur, which see. (1876c1)

$H Nizir.

A mountain district in Armenia, where, according t= o the Chaldean legend of the Deluge, the ark of the patri= arch Adra-hasis stopped. (1876c1)