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 435
ndcleared important sections even down to the virgin soil,before the uppermost imposing structure had been exca-vated completely and methodically. This is the more re-markable as Haynes, like his predecessor, regarded thisgigantic settlement around the remodelled ziggurrat not asan entirely new… … Perpendicular Drain composed ot Jars. About 200 b. c. DURING 19TH CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 365 enough to treat it with special reverence and to examineit with the greatest care. In consequence of his strangeprocedure he could not help destroying essential detailsof all the different strata…
