"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." [‎٢‎٤] (٤٧٤/٩٩)

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JOURNEY TO BABYLON.
burnt that they had vitrified in some parts. The
river near this runs north-west and south-east to its
angle, about the parallel of the village of Mujelibe,
and termination of the ruins on its banks. In an
easterly direction from the Mujelibe is a mound
called El Hheimar—it is of a pyramidal shape, and
is about four hours off. In the west we observed a
village called Tahmasia, in the direction of the Birs
o
Nemroud. At the foot of the mound where the
urns were found, I discovered in the water bricks
and other vestiges of building, a sure sign that the
river has encroached here. The side of this ridge
towards the land slopes down into the plain that
separates it from the grand mounds. In the excava
tions my people are making in the Mujelibe,
another beam of date tree has been found.
December 16^.'—The Seratf Bashi* (a Jew) of
the place came to see me. I asked him what the
Jews call the prison of Nebuchadnezzar—he said, it
was the Birs. He had never been at the Birs him
self. The Jews have a small synagogue here.
There are no Christians.
The Governor called again this morning. I after
wards took a ride among the gardens, to see if there
were any remains of building thereabouts, as men
tioned by some travellers. I went first to the
Mesjid-el-Shems, where they say the sun delayed his
course on purpose to oblige Ali. The Mosque itself
is small, and contains nothing worthy of observation.
* The head, or government banker.