"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." [‎٨‎٨] (٤٧٤/١٧٢)

MEMOIR ON THE RUINS
the ruins. Taking for granted the site of Babylon
to be in the vicinity of Hillah, his choice will be di
vided between two objects, the Mujelibe, and the
Birs Nemroud. I shall briefly notice the arguments
in favour of each, with the difficulties and objections
which may be advanced, first giving a comparative
statement of their dimensions with those of the
original tower:—
English feet.
1 otal circumference or sum of the
four sides of the Birs . . 2286
Ditto of the Mujelibe . . .2111
Ditto of the Tower of Belus, taking
five hundred feet for the sta
dium, at a rough calculation . 2000
By this it appears, that the measurement both of
the Birs and the Mujelibe agrees as nearly as pos
sible with that of the tower of Belus, considering our
ignoiance of the exact proportion of the stadium,
and the enlargement which the base must have un-
dei gone, by the crumbling of the materials. The
vaiiations in the form of the Mujelib^, from a perfect
squaie, are not more than the accidents of time
will account for; and the reader will best judge,
fiom my description, whether the summit and ex
ternal appearance of this ruin correspond in any
way with the accounts of the tower. That there
may have been some superstructure on it, appears
probable, from the irregularity of the summit, and
the quantity of burnt brick found there ; but it is