$H Sin.

Sin [Seven Deadly, See Vices]

A Sabaean = deity. The analogue of the Chaldean divinity of the same name. (1876c1)

The Moon-g= od. He was the father of the younger Ishtar. He was the favourite deity of the Cushite kings of the early Babylonians, and the principal object of worsh= ip in the city of Ur. In the later periods of Assyrian mythology he became a divinity of only secondary importance. His titles were "Lord of Crowns," "M= aker of Brightness," and "Lord of the City of = Ur." (1876c1)<= /p>

$H Sin-ahi-iri-ba. Assyria

An early king of As= syria, of whom next to nothing is known. (1876c1)

$H Sin-akhi-erba. [See Sennacherib - Editor]

$H Sin-baladan. Babylonia

An early Babylonian monarch who ruled at <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Ur. (1876c1)

$H Sinciput.

The front part of th= e head. The back part is the occiput.(1883m1)

$H Sindon.

Sindon (= F4= <*= f<[=3Dsindon]). (See CORPORAL.) (1883= m1)

Syndon or Sindon. A bette= r kind of cendal (q.v.).(1883m1)

$H Si-nen-uer. Egypt

A mythical or divine prehistoric king of <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Egypt. (1876c1)

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

In Scandinavian mythology the name of one = of the horses of the gods. (1876c1)

$H Sin-gasit. Babylonia

An early Babylonian king who reigned at Urukh. He was the son of Queen Belatsunat. He built there a temple of the goddess Anunit= , and a palace for himself. (1876c1)

$H Singing‑bread. &nb= sp;

Chr. The larger altar breads used in the mass were called singing‑bread; t= he smaller ones consecrated for the people were known as houseling‑bread. (See also HOLY BREAD.)(1883m1)

$H Singura. [See Senkereh<= /span> – Editor]

$H Singuriai.

A country which was rendered tributary by = Samas-Rimmon II. or III.= , king of Assyria. (1876c1)=

$H Sin-idinna. Babylonia

An early Babylonian king. He reigned at Larsa, where he dug a river or canal called Kibigana for the improvement of the country, and er= ected several temples to the gods Samas and Ur, that of the = former containing a golden throne. The use of dated sale and loan tablets commen= ces from his reign. (1876c1)

$H Sin-inun. Babylonia

An early Babylonian monarch who reigned at= Ur. (1876c1)

$H Sinister. Heraldry

Sinister, Her. The l= eft side of a shield (considered from the back, or wearer's point of view). The bendlet= or baton sinister is generally (not rigorously) regarded in modem Heraldry as the most appropriate difference of illegitimacy. (Con= sult Boutell's English Heraldry, p. 194.)(1883= m1)

Sinister. (Her.) That side of the shield which would be = to the left of a man standing behind it is called the sinister. Thus the si= nister side of a shield comes to the right hand of a person looking at the shield. ILLUS. sinister(1891a1)

<= /o:p>

$H Sinking. Architecture

Sinking. (Arch.) A sudden depre= ssion of the ground, which causes the destruction of the supe= rincumbent masonry.(1891a1)

$H Sinopia.

Sinopia. (Her.) [See Vert.] (1891a1)=

A fine red pigment f= ound upon ancient mural paintings.(1883m1)

$H Sin-mat-ikali.

The executioner, or one of the executioner= s, of the palace of Esarhaddon. (1876c1)

$H Sinna.

The most ancient capital of the Sinites of Phenicia. It= was afterwards deserted for Gebal, which see. (18= 76c1)

$H Sin-sada. Assyria

Another form of the Assyrian royal name Si= n-gasit, which see. (1876c1)

$H Sin-said. <= /span> Babylonia

Sin-said. "Sin is his Lord. A very early Babylo= nian king; possibly the same as Abel-sin or Iribasin. He ruled at Erech, where= he executed many important works. (1876c1)

$H Sin-salim-anni.

The governor of Rezep= h, in the reign of Assur-nirari II. He was epony= m of the year B.C. 747, in which year there was "peace in the land." (1876c1)

$H Sin-taggll.

The Tukulu of = Tiglath Pileser II. He = was eponym of the year B.C. 739, in which year took place an expedition to Ulluba, and the city of Birtu<= /span> was built. (1876c1)

$H Sinukta.

A district in Asia = Minor, which was conquered by Sargon II. (1876c1)

$H Sinum or Sinus.

R. A vessel of small dimensions, but tolerably wide and deep, which was used for holding wine = or milk.(1883m1)

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

In Scandinavian mythology the goddess of affection, tenderness, and sympathy. (1876c1)

$H Siotio. Egypt

An Egyptian lady, the granddaughter of Naouscheri. Her sarcophagus is in the Leyden Museum. (1876c1)

$H Siout. Egypt

Siayut. The modern nam= e of the city of Lycopolis of the Greek historians. It was raised to the rank of a petty Egyptian ki= ngdom under Esarhaddon. (1876c1)<= /p>

Siout. Or Siayut. The modern name for the city and nome in Upper Egypt which was called by the Greeks Lycopolis Magna, which see. (1876c1)

$H Sioutmoutf. Egypt

Another form of the name of the god Taut-<= span class=3DSpellE>mutf, one of the four genii of Amenti. (1876c1)

$H Siparium.

R. The curtain of a = theatre. It was divided in the middle and withdrawn to the sides to disclose the stage.(1883m1)

$H Siphinis. Assyria

An Assyrian city which supported Assurdan in his revolt against his father, Shalmaneser II. (1876c1)

$H Sipho.

Gr. (F\NT<[=3Dsiphon], a hollow body). A siphon for exhau= sting liquids from a vessel by the pressure of the atmosphere. A painting at Thebes shows th= at the principle of the siphon was known to the Egyptians as early as the eighte= enth dynasty. The same name was applied to a suction and forcing pump, which w= as generally employed as a fire‑engine.(1883m1)

$H Sipna. Etruria

An Etruscan female divinity, who was an attendant of Alpanu, and was represented carr= ying a mirror in her hand. (1876c1)

$H Sippara. Chaldaea

A Chaldean cit= y, the Heliopo= lis of the Greeks, now called Sufeira. (1876c1)

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

Sipthah. Or<= /i> Mer-en-pthah II. An usurping= king of Egypt, in the XIXth dynasty. He was probably the son of Amenmes, a prince of the royal family of Rameses II. He ascended the throne in a period of popular confusion, and for a time reigned jointly with Seti II., the legitimate h= eir of the previous monarch, Merenpthah I. He afterwards married a daughter of Merenpthah, the princess Tauser, and admitted her to the sovereignty, thr= ough the influence of Bai the chancellor, whose power was acknowledged over the country. The length of his reign is not known; and after his death he was treated as an usurper, and his tomb opened, and its sculptures defaced, a= nd appropriated to himself by his successor, Seti-nekht. Sipthah was called = also Menepthah or Mer-en-pthah II., and must not be confounded with his predec= essor, Seti Menepthah II. (1876c1)

$H Sirasmi.

A king of the Babarur= ai, who paid tribute to Samas-Rimmon or Samsi-Vul III., king of Assy= ria. (1876c1)

$H Sirasu.

A king of the Singuri= ai, who paid tribute to Samas-Rimmon or Samsi-Vul, king of Assyria. (1876c1)

$H Sirens.

(Gr. G,4D<,H[=3DSeirenes] {prob= ably from F,4D[=3Dseira], a chain, to signify their attracti= ve power}). These mythical representatives of the evil side of the seductive power of music, are represented in art as lovely women to the waist, and fishes or birds below. Sometimes they have wings, which the Muses are sai= d to have plucked (see MUSES) of their feathers; as Orpheus, by opening their minds to the unattainable higher music, drove them to suicide in the end.= In Christian symbolism the sirens typify the three carnal lusts. (See Fig. 455.)(1883m1)

<= /o:p>

$H S‑iron. Architecture

(Arch.) A piece of iron, generally in the shape of an S, sometimes in the shape of a geometric pattern or of foliage, which is att= ached vertically to a wall, and is connected by a holdfast to horizontal pieces= of timber‑work.(1891a1)

$H Sirius.

The common name of the dog-star. One of the chief objects of Egyptian astrology. It was called also Sothis, which see. (1876c1)

$H Sirpea. (See SCIRPEA.) (1883m1)

$H Si-sebek. Egypt

A priest of Pthah. The period when he lived is unknown. (1876c1)

$H Sishesh. Egypt

The Egyptian name of the sistrum, or shaking-rod, used chiefly in the worship of Isis and Hathor. (1876c1)

$H Sisicres.

The father of the rebel Martius, who claimed to have been Omanes, king of Susiana. See Martius. (1876c1)<= /span>

$H Sisit.

The rendering which was at one time adopte= d of the Cuneiform characters of the Chaldean name= Adra-hasis, which see. (1876c1)

$H Sispa‑sastra. Hindu

Hind. A Hindoo work, the title of which means literally the science of manual art. It wa= s a kind of encyclopaedia, and comprised about th= irty treatises on the manual arts, and included a treatise on architecture wri= tten by a Hindoo whose name has not come down to u= s; but a sage or mage called Dupayana compiled, abri= dged, and edited, about 1500 B.C., the lost treatise of the Hindoo architect. (= Bosc.)(1883m1)

$H Sistr= um (pl. Sistra). Egypt

sistrum: ceremonial rattle, especially associated with the worship of the goddess Hathor.(1894e1)

Sistrum. An instrument used by= the Egyptians in the festivals of Isis jus= t as the bull‑roarer still is among some tri= bes of savages to warn off the uninitiated. In structure it was very simple, consisting only of some metal rods inserted (as our cut shows) in a metal frame. It was rattled violently to produce a noise. 2 ILLUS. sistrum1, sistrum2(1891a1)

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; <= /o:p>

Sistrum, Egyp. (= F,= ÃF= JD= @<[=3Dseistron]; = F,= \T[=3Dseio], to shake). A kind of rattle formed by a certain number of metallic rods which passed through a framew= ork also of metal; this was attached to a short handle ending in a head of At= hor. By shaking the instrument by the handle the metallic rods and the movable rings suspended from them were made to give out a sharp rattling sound. T= he Egyptians made use of the sistrum in the ceremonial worship of Isis and at funerals. Roman coins of Hadrian pres= ent a personification of Egypt as a female figure seated with the sacred ibis at her feet, and a sistrum in her hand. The instrum= ent is still in use on the Nile.(1883m1)

A musical instrument, formed of a loop of bronze ribbon fastened to a handl= e, crossed by three or four metal bars passing through holes in each side of= the loop. These bars were quite loose, being merely bent at each end to keep = them from slipping out, and they sometimes bore metal rings, which considerably added to the sound when the instrument was shaken. Sometimes the bars wer= e in the form of little serpents. The sistrum was = one of the usual attributes of the goddess Hathor, a= nd was used as a design for the capitals of columns over the head of Hathor. The handles of the instruments were almost = always in the form of the head of that goddess, and were usually of bronze, sometimes inlaid with silver. Enamelled handles have also been found. The length of the whole varied from eight to sixteen or eighteen inches. Plut= arch mentions (de Iside, s. 63) that the sistrum was supposed by some = to have the power of frightening away Typhon, or= the evil spirit. Sistra were used in the most sol= emn religious services, when they were often carried by women of high rank. Models of sistra in enamelled ware were often= deposited in the tombs, but were first broken in sign of mourning. (See Brit. M= us., 4th Egyptian Room, table case A.) ILLUS. Sistrum.(1902b1)

Sistrum. A peculiar instrument in the shape of a loop crossed with lo= ose bars; it was almost always made of brass, and had generally the figure of= a cat on the top and the head of the goddess Hathor on the handle. It was chiefly used by the priestesses of Isis, and was shaken in token of joy. At Egyptian funerals it was customary to deposit little terra cotta sistrums, which we= re broken in testimony of affliction. (1876c1)

$H Sisuthrus. Greece [See Xisuthrus - Editor]

$H Sit-aah. Egypt

An unidentified Egyptian name of a royal l= ady. (1876c1)

$H Sit-amen. <= /span> Egypt

A daughter of Amenhot= ep III. of the XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Sitamrat.

A mountainous country on the West of the <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Upper Euphrates, where Ahuni= , king of Lahlahte, was finally conquered by Shalmaneser II., after a series of conflicts extend= ing over four years. (1876c1)

$H Sitella. Diminutive of SITULA (q.v.). (1883m= 1)

$H Sitiribeu. Egypt

A royal lady or consort in the reign of Aahmes I. of the XVIIIth<= /span> dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Sitiuki.

The Accadian n= ame for a city or district, whose site is not known. (1876c1)

$H Sit-ka-mas. Egypt

A royal pallacist in the reign of Amenhotep I. of the = XVIIIth dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Siton. Phoenicia

Siton. "Bread Corn." A name which was= given by the Greco-Phenician historians to the deit= y Dagon or Dakan, as the discoverer of the art of mak= ing bread. (1876c1)

$H Sitra. Egypt

Sitra. A wife of one of the last kings of the XXth dynasty. (1876c1)

Sitra. The mother of one of the last kings of the XX= th dynasty. (1876c1)

$H Sitraphernes.

The Persian form of the royal name which w= as written by the Assyrians Sidirpana, which see. (1876c1)

$H Sitratachmes.

A Median officer, who revolted against Dar= ius Hystaspes, claiming himself to have been one of the= blood royal of Cyaxares. He was defeated and taken prisoner by Camaspates, the general of Darius= , who cut off his nose, lips, and ears, and then sent him to his master, who chained him to the door of his palace. See also Phraortes. (1876c1)

$H Sitting. Painting

(Paint.) A term applied to the space of time during whic= h an artist works, either from nature or from a model. Thus an artist may be s= aid to finish a sketch at a sitting. If the matter be looked at from the poin= t of view of the model who sits to the artist, it has a slightly different meaning. A portrait, for instance, may want one or two more sittings (of = the model) to be finished.(1891a1)

$H Situla.

R. A bucket for draw= ing water from a well.(1883m1)

$H Situlus. Synonym of SITULA (q.v.). (1883m1)<= /h1>

$H Siva. Hindu

In Hindu mythology a form of the abstract Deity Brahma as the destroyer and reproducer of life. He forms the third = in the great Hindu triad, and his representations are horribly obscene. (187= 6c1)

$H Sivan. 1. Egypt; 2. Assyria

Egyptian deity. See NEKHEBT.(1902b1)=

Assyrian month. See Sivanu - Editor

$H <= span class=3DSpellE>Sivanu. Assyria

Sivanu. Or Sivan. The th= ird month of the Assyrians. Its Accadian name was= Munga, "Of Bricks," or Kas, "The Twins." It was sacred to the Moon-god Sin, and answered roughly to our May. (1876c1)

$H Sixfoil. Heraldry

Her. A flower of six leaves. Fig. 616. Sixfoil.(1883m1)

$H Sizana. Syria

A Syrian kingdom, which was one of the gre= at Palestinian confederacy against Shalmaneser I= I. (1876c1)

$H Size.

Size is used to prep= are paper for printing upon, and as a vehicle in oil painting. (See DISTEMPER.)(1883m1)

$H Sizing. Painting

(Paint.) The purpose of sizing = is to render drawing‑paper fit to receive a wash of any colour whatsoever. The paper is smeared with a sponge soaked in a mixture of white soap and = Flanders size, to which powdered alum and a few d= rops of alcohol have been added.(1891a1)