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 662
re-modelled ziggurrat. The huge building comprised an areano doubt intended to be rectangular. The entire space wassurrounded by a double wall of colossal proportions. Itvaried considerablv in thickness, and was about 560 feetlong on its southeast side. The north corner of this vastenclosure has… … Parthian Palace built over the Ruins of the Temple of BelRestored by Hilprecht, suweyed atui draivn bf Ftsher and Geere I. Remains of an earlier, probably Seleucidan building, about JOO B. C. Tie rest represents theremains of a Parthian palace, grouped around the %i^gurrat as a citadel {^about 2^0…