"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." [‎٢‎٥‎١] (٤٧٤/٣٨٥)

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between a line of KaouMees, who face to the centre
inscription, in Zend. A vacant and lower space
then occurs, after which a platform facing the north,
which apparently also had three inscriptions, but
only the centre one is left, the upper half of which is
almost entirely defaced and disfigured with lichens
and weather stains; the lower half is perfect. It
was below ground till I laid it open. ¥ There is no
standing building on this platform, which is the
southernmost.
Adjoining, on the east, is Niebuhr s building I.
He has copied the inscription of four lines, which is
above the figure on the north portal, and I therefore
copied the one over that on the east portal.t I also
collected the fragments of the robes, at least three oi
them, the fourth in the western portal being too much
destroyed.| In this building were two high stone
pilasters facing each other; the one was to the east,
the other to the west, like the one in Niebuhr s
building G and also with three tablets, but not in
so perfect a state: the inscriptions on the west
pilaster I. copied ; § the ones on the east are the same,
but still more defaced.
In the eastern part of this building is also a very
ruinous staircase, with figures, and the remains of
que mes predecesseurs ne les avaient pas dessinees, j'aurais fait oter
entr'autres ici la poussiere, et j'aurais tout dessine. Actuellement
cela est reserve a mes successeurs."— Voyage en Arable, torn. 2d,
p. 111. (Quarto Edition.)
* See Plate 23. f See Plate 18.
% See Plate 19. § See Plates 16, 17, 18.