'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in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon.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.' [‎174] (262/474)

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being cultivated by the inhabitants of the village of Koyun-
juk, which is built on it at the north-east extremity. The
only means I had at the time I visited it of ascertaining its
dimensions was by a cord which I procured from Mousul.
This gave 178 feet for the greatest height, 1850 feet the
length of the summit east and west, and 1147 feet for its
breadth north and south. In the measurement of the length
I have less confidence than in the others, as I fear the
straight line was not very correctly preserved ; and the east
side is in a less perfect condition than the others. The other
mounds on the boundary wall offer nothing worthy of re
mark in this place. Out of one in the north face of the
boundary was dug, a short time ago, an immense block of
stone, on which were sculptured the figures of men and
animals. So remarkable was this fragment of antiquity,
that even Turkish apathy was roused, and the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and
most of the principal people of Mousul came out to see it.
One of the spectators particularly recollected, among the
sculptures of this stone, the figure of a man on horseback
with a long lance in his hand, followed by a great many
others on foot. The stone was soon afterwards cut into
small pieces for repairing the buildings of Mousul, and this
inestimable specimen of the arts and manners of the earliest
ages irrecoverably lost. Cylinders like those of Babylon,
and some other antiques, are occasionally found here; but I
have never seen or heard of inscriptions. From the
assurances given me by the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Mousul, I entertain
great hopes that any monument which may be hereafter
discovered will be rescued from destruction. A ruined
city, as Major Rennell justly observes, is a quarry above
ground. It is very likely that a considerable part of
Mousul, at least of the public works, was constructed with
the materials found at Nineveh. Koyunjuk Tepe has been
dug into in some places in search of them ; and to this day
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