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 440
res of the four sides of the ancientziggurrat far into the court had disappeared,— a fact suffi-ciently illustrating the remarkable power and energy of these ^ Peters, failing to recognize the meaning of this class of antiquities, comesto the remarkable conclusion (/. c, vol. ii., p. 123), that… … Northwestern Facade of the Ziggurrat as restored by Ashurbanapal about 650 b. c. DURING lOTii CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 369 Parthian rulers, who were able to erect similar castles on thetop of most of the large temple ruins in the country. Inview of the great difficulties in his way, Haynes…
