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 384
bbaside caliphs, and other antiquities,that parts of the ruined city were inhabited as late as theninth century of our own era. In other words, it had sub-mitted material enough to prove that at least five thou-sand years of ancient history were represented by this enor-mous site. It remained for… … ^^^M .^^^^ ■ i^m: { DURING 19TII CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 327 Among the various mounds and ridges which constitutethe ruins of Nuffar, there was none more important thanthe conical hill of Bint el-Amir with its irregular plateau of^ei^ris (I), containing the stage-tower and temple of Bel.*…
