"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." [‎٩‎٠] (٤٧٤/١٧٤)

MEMOIR ON THE RUINS
the Mujelibe, is a circumstance that will embarrass
equally those, who may be of opinion it was a castle,
and those, who j udge it to have been the tower of
Belus; though, probably, it would be more favour
able to the theory of the latter, than that of the
former. We gain nothing in this instance by study
ing position. Major Rennell considers this ruin as
sufficiently answering to the site of the tower of
Belus: he does not, however, establish its position
from that of the other ruins, but assumes it, as a
datum to ascertain the situation, and extent of the
rest of Babylon.
The only building which can dispute the palm
with the Mujelibe is the Birs Nemroud, previous
to visiting which, I had not the slightest idea of the
possibility of its being the tower of Belus; indeed
its situation, was a strong argument against such a
supposition ; but the moment I had examined it, I
could not help exclaiming, " Had this been on the
other side of the river, and nearer the great mass of
ruins, no one could doubt of its being the remains of
the tower." As this, therefore, is the principal
objection that can be brought against it, it will be
proper to consider it first.
I believe it is nowhere positively asserted that
the tower of Belus stood in the eastern quarter of
Babylon. Herodotus, Strabo, Pliny, and Quintus
Curtius, do not affirm this, but it is certainly the
generally-received opinion ; and Major Rennell says,
" It may be pretty clearly collected from Diodorus,