"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." [‎١‎٧] (٤٧٤/٩٢)

JOURNEY TO BABYLON.
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side of which is the tomb of Amran Ibn Ali, under
which is the village of Jumjuma, to the south-east.
A ravine or rather road is on the west—and, on
the west of that, on the bank of the river, is another
eminence about forty feet above the river, where the
urns and bones were found—to the north is a plain,
on the north of which is a still greater range of
mounds or ruins, in which is the tree, the canal and
street, and the Kasr: descending from this to the
north you come to another plain, which extends to
the north and east—there are gardens near it, and a
small village close to the banks of the river. To
wards the north-east is the village of Mujelibe,
which is surrounded with a wall—you then come to
the canals* above mentioned, and then to the north
to the grand mound called Babel, or Mujelibe, by
the natives, and noticed by Pietro della Valle, Beau-
champ, and others. Further on to the north there
are no more ruins.
The first range of mounds, those of Amran, are of
soft mould, with fragments of bricks.
The second is dug into in every direction for
bricks. Between these and the Mujelibe are low
mounds, which may have been private houses.
December 14^.—We went again to the canal,
where a number of men were at work digging for
bricks, who had left off working yesterday on ac
count of its being Friday.
I observed a range of ruins extending all along
* Called by the natives Naher, or Arki.