'Narrative of a journey to the site of Babylon in 1811, now first published: memoir on the ruins; with engravings from the original sketches by the author: remarks on the topography of ancient Babylon, by Major Rennell; in reference to the memoir: second memoir on the ruins; in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon. East India Company at Bagdad. Edited by his widow.' [‎13] (24/474)

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SECOND MEMOIR ON BABYLON,
Containing an Inquiry into the Correspondence between the
Ancient Descriptions of Babylon, and the Remains still visible
on the Site, with Notes. Suggested by the " Remarks 55 of
Major Rennell, in the cc Archelogia. 55
CONTENTS.
Reasons for drawing up the first Memoir—Inducement to enter into
a discussion on the correspondence between the accounts of the
ancient historians and the ruins visited by the author—Difference
of opinion with Major Rennell—Major Rennell's argument—Re
marks on the ancient historians—None of the ancients say on
which side of the river the Tower of Belus stood—Major Rennell's
mistake in fixing on the Mujelibe to represent the Tower of
Belus—No indication of any change in the course of the river—
Description of the Euphrates—The mounds rejected by Major
Rennell differ in no respect from those he admits—The walls of
the Kasr coeval with the mound — The palaces — No reason
to believe the tower was situated on or near the river^—The
Mujelibe not the Tower of Belus—Insignificant heaps between the
Kasr and the Mujelibe—Amran offers no peculiarity meriting at
tention—Ruins about Hillah all of one character—The evidence
for their antiquity—Birs Nemroud—The most interesting of all
the Babylonian remains—The Tower of Belus likely to have left
considerable traces—Resemblance of the Birs Nemroud to this
tower—Birs Nemroud of a nature to fix the locality of Babylon—
The Birs and the eastern ruins come within the limits of the city—
Description of the Birs Nemroud—Of the Tower of Belus—The
whole mass of the Birs Nemroud is artificial—No bitumen springs
in Babylon—The Birs Nemroud, in all likelihood, at present in
the same condition in which Alexander saw it —The ruins of Baby
lon, in their present state, may be perfectly reconciled with the
best descriptions of the Grecian writers . . p. 139—171
APPENDIX TO THE SECOND MEMOIR,
Containing an Account of the Babylonian Antiques. With
Plates.
CONTENTS.
Hillah the general depot for antiques found throughout the country-—
The most interesting are Sassanian and Babylonian—Most of the