"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." [‎١‎٠‎٧] (٤٧٤/١٩٥)

ON THE
TOPOGRAPHY OF ANCIENT BABYLON,
&c. &c.
[It may be proper to observe, at the outset, that references are
made to two distinct plans: the one, of the great central ruins by Mr.
Rich; the other, a sketch, made by the Author of the Paper. This
latter includes the entire site of what is taken for Ancient Babylon.
The former is always referred to, as the Plan; the latter, as the
Sketch. The letter-press referred to is always that of Mr. Rich's
Memoir.]
T he very interesting Memoir of Mr. Claudius Rich,
on the remains of Ancient Babylon, having a ten
dency, as well from the facts set forth in it, concern
ing the present state of the site of that city, as from
his reasonings on them, to occasion doubts respect
ing the established opinions that have been enter
tained, on the authority of the ancient historians, it
appeared to be almost a required duty from myselt
to the public, as having already written on the sub
ject, to vindicate the consistency and truth of ancient
history; (as well as that of my own statement,
which was conformable to it;) for if all the remains
of Ancient Babylon are found on one and the same
side of the Euphrates, as Mr. Rich reports them to