"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." [‎٧‎٢] (٤٧٤/١٥٦)

MEMOIR ON THE RUINS
to the coffin, on the outside, a brass bird, and inside,
an ornament of the same material, which had, ap
parently, been suspended to some part of the skele
ton. These, could any doubt remain, place the an
tiquity of the skeleton beyond all dispute. This
being extracted, a little further in the rubbish the
skeleton of a child was found; and it is probable that
the whole of the passage, whatever its extent may
be, was occupied in a similar manner. No skulls
were found, either here, or in the sepulchral urns at
the bank of the river.
At the foot of the Mujellbe, about seventy yards
from it, on the northern and western sides, are traces
of a very low mound of earth, which may have
formed an inclosure round the whole. Further to
the north of the river, there are no more vestiges of
ruins; but the heaps, in the direction of the Bagdad
road, shall be examined more particularly at a future
opportunity.
I have now done with the eastern side of the river,
and shall next proceed to take a survey of all that
remains of Babylon on the western. The loose and
inaccurate accounts of some modern travellers have
misled D'Anville and Rennell into the belief of there
being considerable ruins on the western bank of the
river, corresponding with those I have just described
on the eastern. That this is not the case, I was
satisfied by the view I obtained from the top of the
Mujelibe ; yet I determined, for greater accuracy,
to examine the whole bank minutely. It is flat, and