"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." [‎١‎١‎٩] (٤٧٤/٢٠٧)

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two ; that is, the principal one, on one side of the
river, and the lesser one, on the other side; the two
communicating with each other by a above,
and by a tunnel under the river's bed. Probably,
the palace mentioned by Herodotus may be the same
with the principal one spoken of by Diodorus;
whence the latter should have been on the same side
of the river with the Temple and Tower of Belus,
and which I have formerly ventured to suppose, in
common with M. D'Anville and others, to have been
situated on the east side: for it appeared to me to be
strongly implied in Diodorus, and yet stronger in
Herodotus, where the JBelidian gate is evidently placed
in the eastern side of Babylon. And I confess I
do not perceive a more plausible reason for the name,
than that of its being opposite to so famous a struc
ture, although it be more common in all countries to
name the gates of a city or fortress from the distant
places to which they lead, than to any object within.
But gates have also proper without any re
ference to communications.
Herodotus assigns to the Temple of Belus and to
the palace the central part of each of the two divi
sions of Babylon made by the passage of the Eu
phrates ; or rather, they might be said to have occu
pied a central position in that quarter of each divi
sion situated towards the river. Diodorus places the
temple in the centre, but is silent respecting the po
sitions of the palaces; only saying that the bridge
was built over the narrowest part of the river, and