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 590
tructionsof the right passagewav (5 and 6) which lie above eachother, and most assuredlv were built with a considerableinterval of time between them. The older bricks are morerudelv fashioned than the later ones, and only occasionallyshow a thumb impression. At the same time they aresomewhat less… … 37 DURING lOTir CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 495 The foundation of this once doubtless imposing structurewas laid five to six feet below the foot of the central divi-sion. It consisted of stamped earth mixed with potsherdsand fragments of bricks. In order to prevent the waters ofthe moat/ which…
