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 611
v examined with regard to theruins lying above the plain level. The upper layer is easilydistinguished from those below by the extensive remains ofParthian buildings constructed of the same kind of large un-baked brick which characterizes the two excavated palaces onthe temple ruins and on the west… … DUEING Wfi CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 511 were not unfrequently found even in the central part of theruins, where they are sometimes accompanied by terra-cottadrains and wells ^ descending far into the lower strata. Altogether about four hundred tombs, coffins and burialurns of different sizes…
