"سرد لرحلة إلى موقع مدينة بابل في ١٨١١، طُبعت الآن لأول مرة: مذكرات على الأطلال؛ مع نقوش من الخرائط المدبئية للمؤلف: ملاحظات على طبوغرافية بابل القديمة،بقلم الرائد رينيل؛ في إشارة إلى المذكرات: مذكرات ثانية على الأطلال؛ في إشارة إلى ملاحظات الرائد رينيل: مع سرد لرحلة إلى برسبوليس: طُبعت الآن لأول مرة، مع كتابات مسمارية نسخت في برسبوليس ولم تُنشر من قبل: كتبها الراحل كلوديوس جيمس ريتش، المحترم، المقيم البريطاني السابق لشركة الهند الشرقية في بغداد. حررته أرملته." [‎٧] (٤٧٤/٨٢)

JOURNEY TO BABYLON.
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Bursa; but he was entirely ignorant of any such
place, as indeed was every one else of whom I inquired;
but he promised to make inquiries. Two bricks were
brought to me with inscriptions; one of them was
perfect, and had bitumen* on the back of it. The
stamp was a long, narrow strip, different from those
commonly found.
December\2th. —The Governor again called on
me, and he brought me answers to all the questions I
had proposed to him yesterday. He told me that be
low a place called Nebbi Eyoub there is a canal called
Jazeria, close to which are two artificial mounds
called Mokhalat and Adouar; and that to the west
of the Birs Nemroud is an artificial mound called
Towereij ; besides which, four hours distant from
Hillah, on the same bank of the river, but not close
to it, he said there was a village called Jerbouia, and
that near it is a place called where are
vestiges of ancient buildings, similar to those found
at Babylon.
After he left me, I embarked in one of his boats,
and tracked a little way up the river, while my
people measured the eastern bank. I afterwards
landed, and mounted my horse at the termination of
the gardens which immediately surround the town. I
rode up the river, along its banks, and through a vil
lage called Jumjuma. I observed on the opposite bank
of the river artificial mounds, which are called Anana,
* I was not able to hear of any bitumen ever having been found in
the vicinity of Hillah.