Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 217
thesame mound, which were painted red, and had an inscrip-tion over nearly the whole length and breadth in a smallneat character, while on one portion of them was thesymbol of two crescents, back to back. But his statementshere and in other places are so vague that our curiosity isonly raised… … Clav Coffin trom Muqavvar vases of different size and shape, numerous drains, andmany smaller objects in stone, metal, and clay valuable torillustrating the life and customs of the former inhabitants,especially those of the later periods. All around the graves in the different parts of the ruins ^…
