"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." [‎١‎٨‎٦] (٤٧٤/٢٧٤)

186 BABYLONIAN ANTIQUES.
No. 1 is a black stone of an irregular shape (in
part broken and defaced), about one foot in length
and inches in breadth. The figures on it, and
have been supposed to represent the zodiac of the
Babylonians : c is all that is now legible of the in
scription which once covered the lower part of the
stone, and is in the first species of Babylonian
cuneiform writing. I saw an antique perfectly
resembling this in the Royal Library at Paris, and
I believe it has been described by Mr. Millin and
noticed by Dr. Grotefend. This stone was brought
to me by a peasant while I was examining the ruins
of Babylon.
No. 2 is a stone two feet in length, nineteen in
breadth, and nine inches in thickness : it is broken
at the bottom. On the front is the sculpture and
on the right side the inscription belonging to the
first species.
No. 3 is a head of red granite, a little larger than
the drawing. It contains the inscription which
is somewhat defaced, but which also appears to be
of the first species. The antique c is a brass orna
ment which I found in a coffin with a skeleton in
the Mujelibe, and is introduced here for the purpose
of comparison with a. Both appear to have been
destined for the same use; and in place of the ring
or shank by which the brass ornament was sus-
one real kind of Babylonian cuneiform writing. Those who consider
the importance of the undertaking will rejoice to learn that Dr. Grote
fend is prosecuting his inquiries with unremitting ardour.