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 582
in dolerite, brokenstatues and reliefs, stone pestles, etc., unearthed along theouter face of the wall. We here found some of the oldestfragments of sculptures discovered at Nuffar, e. g., several ^ Comp. p. 242, above. DURING 19TH CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 487 portions of a large stelfe in… … Pre-Sargonic Bas-Relief in Limestone accumulated on both sides of the rampart we should findmany broken terra-cotta figurines of gods and goddesses.And it was entirely in accord with what we observed inother parts of the mounds that here and there in the slopesof the ruined wall late Arabic tombs…
