"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." [‎٣‎٧] (٤٧٤/١١٢)

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circular aperture, into which a man can thrust his
fist.
All along the road to Mohawil Khan are vestiges
of mins . in particular I observed three mounds.
A.1 Hheimar is thiee hours from Mohawil, upon the
same line. It is a high, conical mound, with bricks
like those found at Babylon.
We slept at Iskenderia Khan, all about which,
and, indeed, almost all along the road to Bagdad,
are vestiges of buildings, mounds, &c.
Heard from my mehmandar of the city mentioned
by Niebuhr, called Hatra, between Mousul and Ana.
My Englishman (Moore) had been at the place, and
saw very considerable ruins, with large pillars of
stone; in particular, a high wall, about forty feet,
with a ledge on the top, and a row of men's heads
sculptured on it.
December 2\st. —Left Iskenderia. About half
way between Bir-onoos and Assad Khan is a dry
canal, over which is a ruined bridge of one arch.
Yesterday a caravan was plundered here by Sulei
man Bairak, and his Agalees, about sixty in number.
This is a very rare occurrence. The Sheikh of the
Zobeide Arabs is responsible for all accidents that
occur on the Hillah road.
The country hereabouts is the most flat, barren,
and dreary that can possibly be imagined.
Between Assad Khan and Kiahya Khan we met
with upwards of one thousand Persians going to Ker-
bela, for the approaching Bairam. Kiahya Khan