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 358
because it was small enough to beexcavated completelv within a few weeks. Several days later,when a sufficient number of workmen had been obtainedfrom the neighboring tribes, the systematic exploration ofBint el-Amir was undertaken in accordance with a plan pre-pared bv the Assvriologists and the… … DURING 19TII CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 309 this ancient structure by the different monarchs who restoredit. If ever they existed, — and certain discoveries made laterin the rubbish around its base proved that they actually did,— these building records must have been destroyed at thetime of the…