"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." [‎١‎٨] (٤٧٤/٩٣)

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JOURNEY TO BABYLON.
the bank of the river, which has evidently changed
its course, in some parts having encroached, as in a
burying-ground, and in others having left its channel.
At the canal I took particular notice how they pro
cured the bricks. They were all burnt ones, and
had all writing on them.
inscription on it was always —the
cement on the right hand or southern side was bitu
men. It is curious that the bitumen does not adhere
to the lower or written face, but invariably to the
upper. The people say that or lime has been
strewed over the bitumen to prevent its sticking to
the writing—and yet to what purpose preserve that,
which was placed in such a manner that it could
never be read ? If these bricks had been taken from
some still older building, they would not have taken
care to place them all regularly with their faces
down. I scraped off the bitumen from the upper
sides of a great number of bricks, but found no
writing on them. I had a great quantity of bricks
pulled out of the wall in my presence, and found
them all answering the above description, without
any variation. The only instance I ever saw of any
inscription being found on any other than the lower
face of the bricks, was one on the edge of a brick,
in the part of the wall which is most perfect. I am
of opinion that all the burnt bricks were inscribed—
some of the inscriptions are contained within a long
narrow frame, others in one perfectly square—al
ways with a margin round. The clay or unburnt