$H Ur<= /st1:City>.

. The ancient na= me of the Babylonian capital city of Erech, which see. (1876c1)=

. An Assyrian or= Chaldean deity, who was called also "The God o= f the Foundation." He was the local deity of Erech. (1876c1)

Ur. "The City." The name of the ancient capital of Chaldea, Calneh. It was the "Ur<= /st1:City> of the Chaldees" of Hebrew history. (1876c1)

$H Uraeus. Egypt

Uraeus. Egyp. A transcription of the Egyptian word ârâ or the asp hajé, a kind of serpent c= alled by the Greeks basilicon ($= "F= 48= 46= `<[=3Dbasilikon]). The uraeus as an emblem of the sovereign power forms the distinct= ive ornament in the head‑dress of the Egyptian kings.(1883m1)

Uraeus. The snake (a species of cobra di capello) seen always on the head-dress of the Pharaohs. It was the symbol of royalty. (= See ARAR and UAZIT.)(1902b1)

Uraeus. Th= e sacred cobra (haje) serpent of the Egyptians, under which form all the goddesses were represented, and which= was also used on the royal headdress as a symbol of the king as a divine pers= onage, and as the principle of immortality. It was the Basilisk of the Greeks. (= 1876c1)

$H Urak-aza-parna.

A petty Median kingdom, which was one of t= he tributaries of Esarhaddon. (1876c1)

$H Urakh-ga.

Urakh-ga. In Chaldean astronomy an unidentified star. (1876c1)

Urakh-ga. An Assyrian bird, mentioned in the Izdubar legends. It is not yet certainly known what species it represents. (1876c= 1)

$H Urakh-gabbu.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Chaldaea

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

$H Urak-ka. Assyria

A city in Assyria, which supported Assurdainpal in his revolt ag= ainst his father, Shalmaneser II. (1876c1)

$H Uras.

A town in the region of Girubbunda. It was assaulted by Samsi-Vul III., who captu= red there its king, Pirasati, and slew 6,000 of his sol= diers. (1876c1)

$H Urau. Egypt

An Egyptian amulet, in the shape of a vult= ure. It was usually made of some valuable and hard dark stone. (1876c1)

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

Urbino Ware, made at Urbino, under the patronage of = its Duke. "A city," says Jacquemart, "which has supplied potte= rs and painters to the greater part of the workshops of Italy; which has sent ceramic colonies to Flanders and Corfu, and yet we are sca= rcely acquainted with its works, except those of its decline." (Fig. 676.) (See MAJOLICA.) Fig. 676. Plate of Urbino W= are, Louvre Museum.(1883m1)

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$H Urceolate.

(Arch.) A term applied to capitals which are narrow at t= he bottom and swell towards the middle, and become still larger at the top.(1891a1)

$H Urceolated. Architecture

(Basket), Arch. The = corbel of the capital which narrows a little underneath its upper part.(1883m1)<= o:p>

$H Urceolus. Diminutive of U= RCEUS (q.v.). (1883m1)

$H Urceus.

A name given to ancient vases which have handles.(1891a1= )

R. An earthenware pi= tcher used in religious ceremonies; represented on coins in the form of a modern ewer.(1883m1)

$H Urd. Scandinavia

Urd. "Past." In Scandinavian mythology one= of the three Nornes or Fates. They were born prior to the gods, and on their birth the Golden Age passed away. See Nornes. (1876c1)

$H Urdamani. Egypt

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

$H Urgal.

Another form of the name of the early Chaldean king Ilgi, who= reigned at Ur. (1876c1)

$H Urgundub.

The capital city of the Iranian district o= f Khnenta, which see. (1876c1)

$H Urhammu. Chaldaea

Urhammu. "Light of the Sun." An early Chal= dean monarch, the first whose name has come down to us on the Cuneiform inscriptions. He was the seventh king of his dynasty, and built temples to the goddess Bilit-Taauth at = Ur, a great pyramid to the Moon-god Sin, and several temples to the sun at Sippara and Larsam. He was succeeded by his son, Ilgi. (1876c1)

$H Urhamsi.

The boatman and friend of Izdubar, whom he conducted to the patriarch Adrahasis,= and with whom, on his return to Chaldea, he helpe= d to erect a monument of the Deluge in the city of Erech. (1= 876c1)

$H Ur<= /st1:City> heta. Egypt

The instrument used in the funeral ceremonies for symbolically opening the ey= es of the mummy.(1902b1)

$H Uriant. Heraldry

Her. Said of a fish = when it swims in a vertical position; head downwards. (Cf. HAURIANT.)(1883m1)

$H Urimmi.

The king of Husinna, one of the many petty Syrian states paying tribute to Tiglath Pileser II. (1876c1)

$H Uriyakki.

The king of Que, a Syrian kingdom which was subjugated by Tiglath Pileser II. (1876c1)

$H Ur-labki.

The Accadian n= ame of the city Uru. (1876c1)

$H Ur-merits-teshr-shen= . Egypt

Ur-merits-teshr-shen. "The greatly Beloved, Red-haired." In Egyptian mythology the name of the fifth of the seven mystical cows or Hathors. (1876c1)

$H Urmitu. Assyria

An Assyrian goddess, the consort of Nebo. = Her name is now generally written Tasmit. She and= her husband, as the deities of writing and learning, were supposed to have ch= arge of the education of the kings of Assyria. Her worship was introduced into Babylonia by Hammurabi. (1876c1)

$H Urn.

A peculiar form of ancient vase with a narrow neck and swelling body and generally of large dimensions. There are cinerary urns, in which the ashe= s of the dead were placed, as well as Bacchic urns or craters. The body and handles of the u= rn were generally decorated with bas‑relief and rich ornamentations. A special kind of narrow‑necked urn was used in ancient times to rece= ive voting papers. In the present day the term urn is applied to vases of earthenware or metal with a circular body, ornamented with godroons (q.v.) and mounted on a foot, the outline = of which recalls an Attic base placed on a square plinth. ILLUS. urn(1891a1)

The common urn, the = 6V= 8B= 4H[=3Dkalpis] of the Greeks, had a narro= w neck and swelling body; it was used for conveying water from the fountain. The funereal cinerary urn was in general quadrangular, but there were a large number which resembled the kalpis= , with the exception that they had a wider neck and were furnished in every case with a lid. Fig. 677 represents a funeral urn of Indian pottery, of = very ancient date. The electoral urn, from which lots were drawn at the comiti= a to decide the order of voting, was of an oval form and had a narrow neck to prevent the possibility of more than one number being drawn out at a time= . An urn is always introduced as an appropriate emblem of the river‑gods. The urna was a measure of cap= acity containing eight congii or ha= lf an AMPHORA. Fig. 677. Funereal urn, Indian.(1883m1)

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$H Urnarium.

R. A square table or= hollow slab on which urnae or earthenware vessels were placed.(1883m1)

$H Urotal.

The Greek form of the name of the Arabian solar deity Urtaal. His analogue was the Shamsu of the Babylonians. (1876c1)

$H Urpalla.

The king of Tuhana, a small Syrian state, which paid tribute to Tiglath<= /span> Pileser III. (1876c1)

$H Urrahinas.

A city in Mesopotamia which was conquered = by Tiglath Pileser I., to whom their king, Saditeru, consented to pay a heavy tribute. (1876c1= )

$H Urs. Egypt

An Egyptian amulet, in the shape of a wood= en head-rest. It was usually made of dark stone or black slate. (1876c1)

$H Ursa.

The king of Ararat or Armenia, whose reign is pla= ced between Minuas and Argis= tis by M. Lenormant. He fomented revolts against Sargon, in B.C. 719; and in B.C. 716 joined Mita (Midas), of the Moschians, the Tiberani, and the Minnians, in a war against Assyria, but without success. In B.C. 715, in ret= urn for twenty-two cities, he aided the Minnians = in a revolt; but the latter were overrun and conquered by Sargon, who in B.C. = 714 defeated Ursa, captured 260 of the royal trib= e, and wasted the country. Muzazir, in Southern Armenia, was stormed, and the gods Khal= di and Bagmastu carried away. Ursa, who had fled to the mountain, hearing of the loss of his god, Khaldi, committed suicide. (Sa= yce.) (1876c1)

$H Ursa-ki-ingi-ki-urki= .

An Accadian ge= neric geographical title, meaning "Cities of Sumir and Accad." i.e., of both races of Mesopotamia and Chaldea. (1876c1)

$H Urshu. Egypt

The superintendent of the watermen or boat= men of Amen Ra. His wife's name was Hant. Period uncertain. (1876c1)

$H Ursi.

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

$H Ursula, St.

According to the very curious legend St. Ursula was a princess of Brittany, who in the compa= ny of eleven thousand virgins visited the shrines of the saints at Rome. On their r= eturn they were all cruelly put to death at Cologne by the Huns, who were at that time besieging that town. The events of her life have been treated by many artists and she is very often represented = as surrounded with young girls, whom she shelters beneath her cloak. She is regarded as the patroness of schoolgirls. Her own attributes are the crow= n, the pilgrim's staff, and the arrow, with which she was slain. The most fa= mous pictures dealing with events in the life of St. Ursula are by Hans Memling, and are on the shrine at Bruges which contains her relics.(189= 1a1)

$H Urtaal.

Urtaal. "The Supreme Light." The true name= of the Arabian deity called by the Greeks Urotal. See Urotal. (1876c1)

$H Urtaki.

Urtaki. A relative and officer of Teumman, king of <= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">Elam,= whom he assisted in his battle with Assurbanipal. Being mortally wounded, and see= ing that the day was lost, he called to an Assyrian soldier to cut off his he= ad and take it to his master, which was done. Teumman and his son were also slain. (1876c1)

Urtaki. A king of Elam. He and his brother Te= umman murdered their brother Ummanaldas, king of Elam, because he refused to= break treaty with the Assyrians. Urtaki then tried to stir up sedition among the Chaldeans, in favour of a chief named Nabu-dimtu, but in that he was unsuccessful. A famine shortly afterwards broke out, when the Elamites emigrated to Assyria for food, and were generously received by Assurbanipal. In spite of that kindness, at the in= stigation of his general, Maruduk-zakir-ibni, he invaded Babylonia, in concert with Belbasa, king of the Gambuli; but he was utterly defeated by the king of Assyria, and returning into Elam, cut his throat in despair. He was succeeded by his brother, Teumman, who continued the war with Assyria. (1876c= 1)

$H Urtsa.

A king of Armenia. He succeeded his f= ather Baruir, and combined with the Medes against the Asssyrians. He was the Hartche= a of Moses of Khorene. (1876c1)

$H Uru-ci.

Uru-ci. "The City of the Land." The Accadi= an full name of the city Ur, Urukh, or Erech, which see. (1876c1)

$H Urukh. Babylonia

An early king of Babylonia, reigning at Ur. He was a gre= at builder, erecting temples to the moon, to Beltis, and to the sun. He surrounded the city of Ur with a wall, and was succeeded by = his son Dungi. Urukh = has been compared with the Arioch of Hebrew history. (1876c1)

$H Uru-melek.

The king of Gebal. He was one of the tributaries of Sennacherib. (1876c1)<= /p>

$H Uru-su.

A Mesopotamian people who were conquered b= y Tiglath Pileser I. (1876c1)

$H Urva.

In Zendic myth= ology the seventh resting-place of the Iranians after their exile from Aryanem Vaedjo, which <= span class=3DGramE>see. It is supposed to have been the country now cal= led Cabul. (1876c1)

$H Urza.

A harder form of the name of Ursa, king of Ararat, or Armenia, which see. (1876c1= )

$H Urza-ha.

Another form of the Armenian royal name Urza or Ursa. (1876c1)<= o:p>

$H Urzana.

The king of the sacred city of Muzazir, in Ararat. On the approach or Sargon II., king of Assyria, after the defe= at of the Armenian revolt, be abandoned his city, and fled to the mountains, leaving his army, wife, children, and the temple treasures to the mercy of the conqueror, who took them all captive into Assyria, and destroyed the town, which he afterwards annexed to his empire. (1876c1)