"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎١‎٣‎٢] (٤٥٠/١٦٧)

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RUINS OF NIMROD'S CITY. [CH. XVIII.
writing larger than that at Babylon, and not in the
centre of the brick, but covering the face ; the bricks
thicker than those of Babylon, and indeed much
resembling the Nineveh bricks.
The area of the platform does not rise quite to the
top of the sides, which leaves as it were a small sort
of parapet all round. Torrents of rain have furrowed
down openings from the centre to the face ot the
platform. The faces are aligned; the two shorter
east and west, and the longest north and south.
From east to west measured, not including the pyra
mid, five hundred and fourteen feet; north to south is
about twice as much. The pyramid on the inside only
falls to the level of the platform, and on the outside to
the ground. The corners are now so rounded off, as
to give it the appearance of being almost circular; yet
still its pyramidal form is sufficiently discernible. It
is very steep, and the top is small. The height from
the ground, or outside, is one hundred and forty -four
feet and a half; the circumference, measured with a
cord at the ground or lowest base, and over the plat
form, so as to give a great excess, seven hundred and
seventy-seven feet.
Northward the ruins are traceable and aligned
with the west face of the platform for about two hun
dred yards ; they then turn east irregularly, and are
obliterated or confused by the plough. Eastward
the inequalities of the ground show ruins. Tel
Seikh, a mount on the ravine at some distance from