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 506
found theancient bed in the middle of the stream. The north-eastern embankment of the canal proved to be a slopingbank of reddish clay, so that the natural inference wouldbe that there was no well-built quay at this point ofthe watercourse. While excavating the rubbish accumu-lated in the bed of… … Early Babylonian Terra-Cotta Fountain from the Bed of the Chebar One of the fragments exhibits a richly dressed person stand-ino; on the backs of two of these creatures, through theopen mouths of which the water passed. The antiquitybelongs to a period prior to 2000 b, c. It is unnecessary to…
