Note 7 — PART I. ASIATIC NATIONS.

The student’s memory may be aided by some explanation of the long names of the Assyrian kings. They resemble the Hebrew in their composition; and, as in that language, each may form a complete sentence. Of the two, three, or four distinct words which always compose a royal appellation, one is usually the name of a divinity. Thus, Tiglathi-nin = “Worship be to Nin” (the Assyrian Hercules); Tiglath-pileser = “Worship be to the Son of Zira;” Sargon = “The King is established;” Esar-haddon = “Asshur has given a brother.”