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 785
at it arose 672 EXPLORATIONS IN HIHLE LANDS at once as a whole. It was square shaped, and was sur-rounded by a wall, which measured a little over 1312 feet oneach side, so that the area of the town was 193,360 squareyards. A thick wall divided the town into two parts, agreater, which contained the… … Pyramid of El-Lahun, Fayum from which the other streets branched off. The houses ofthe working classes were simple enough. A small courtyard,in the middle of which stood a receptacle for corn, nearwhich were two or three living-rooms and perhaps also astable or shed for cattle, w^as about all they…
