'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in reference to Major Rennell's remarks: with narrative of a journey to Persepolis: now first printed, with hitherto unpublished cuneiform inscriptions copied at Persepolis: by the late Claudius James Rich, Esq., formerly the Resident of the Hon.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.' [‎190] (278/474)

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BABYLONIAN ANTIQUES. [APP.
No. 8 is an inscription of three lines. One of this
kind has been seen by Dr. Grotefend, from which
this specimen differs a little.
No. 9 is an inscription in four lines, which is the
rarest kind of all, and no specimen of it has ever
been published.
The Babylonian cylinders are among the most re
markable and interesting of the antiques. They are
from one to three inches in length ; some are of stone,
and others apparently of paste or composition of
various kinds. Sculptures from several of these
cylinders have been published in different works;
and Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 are specimens of my
own collection. Some of them have cuneiform
writing on them (as in Nos. 12 and 13) which is of
the third species ; but has the remarkable peculiarity
that it is reversed, or written from right to left,
every other kind of cuneiform writing being incon-
testably to be read from left to right. This can
only be accounted for by supposing they were in
tended to roll off impressions. The cylinder No. 11
was found in the site of Nineveh. I must not omit
mentioning in this place, that a Babylonian cylinder
was not long ago found in digging in the field of
Marathon, and is now in the possession of Mr.
Fauvel of Athens. The cylinders are said to be
chiefly found in the ruins at Jerbouiya. The people
of this country are fond of using them as amulets,
and the Persian pilgrims who come to the shrines of
Ali and Hossein frequently carry back with them
some of these curiosities.