"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد II. ١٩١٧" [‎١‎٧‎٣] (٥٤٢/١٨٢)

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THE EUPHEATES—EOUTE IV C (ii)
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Left Bank
Village of Imam Hamzeh about f m. from bank.
El-Hnsein village.
Es-Sa'ad village.
Ed-Dulas village.
Nahr Dulas running ENE.
Hilla, 1. bank quarter.
Canal running E. and SE.
Mounds and ruins of ancient Babylon, extending about
2| nr. N. to the mound called Babil. The ruin-mounds fall
into three groups: the southernmost is known as Tel e Imran,
with an outlying spur to S. called Jumjumeh.; the second,
some distance to the N., is called El-Qasr; and the third, sepa
rated by an interval of 2,500 yds. of flatter ground containing
a branch of the ancient Hahr en-Nil, is now called Eabil.
On the E. side of the first two groups are the traces of an
inner wall running between NNW. and N. by W., from
the S. end of which can be traced the remains of a larger
encircling wall which goes ENE. for about 2,000 yds., then
turns NW., and continues for nearly 3,500 yds. to the canal-
bed immediately S. of Babil. In the triangle formed by the
inner and outer walls is marshy ground. The modern Hilla—
Baghdad road runs through the ruins from S. to N., passing
just E. of the remains of the interior wall.
Excavations have been carried out for some fifteen years
on all the mounds by German archaeologists.
The ruins on the Tel c Imran are scattered and not
prominent. El-Qasr contains remains of the great palace
of Nebuchadnezzar (first half of sixth century e.g .). The
site of the palace is an irregular square of about 700 yds.,
and masses of burnt brick of considerable height are still
standing in the excavation-trenches.
The mound Babil stands by itself N. of the southern branch
of the Nahr en-Nil, and is protected on its N. and E. sides by
a continuation of the city wall. It is a great mound of
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