. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . ays^^ Ihis mound issmaller than that of Amram, being an iiTCgular square of about700 yards each way; but it appears to have been composed ofbuildings far superior to all the rest which have left traces in thisquarter,* and it has furaished the only sculptures and
. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . ays^^ Ihis mound issmaller than that of Amram, being an iiTCgular square of about700 yards each way; but it appears to have been composed ofbuildings far superior to all the rest which have left traces in thisquarter,* and it has furaished the only sculptures and bas-reliefsAvhich have as yet been discovered among the ruins.* The remark-able fragment on its simimit, called the Kasr, is a solid mass ofmasonry, composed of pale yellow bricks of excellent quality, boundtogether by fine lime cement, and stamped in almost every instancewith the name and titles of Nebuchadnezzar.■* Slabs inscribed bythis king, and containing an account of the building of the palace, havealso been brought from the mound, and serve still further to identify The two long parallel lines of rampart, a mile in length, andsomewhat more than 100 yards apart,* which shut in this entire i: ^ Layard, p. 509 ; Ker Porter, ii. pp. 371,372. M. Oppert sees in the mound of Am-ram the remains of the famous hanging-. gardens of Nebuchadnezzar. ® See the Standai-d Inscription, and com-pare Beros. Fr. 14: προσκατΐσκΐΰασί to7sΤΓατρί/οοΓϊ βασιλΐίοΐί eVepa βασίλΐΐα έχό-μΐΐα αυτών, ων rh μιν ανάστημα καΐ T7V \οιπην πολυτίΧΐίαν ir^piaahv ισωϊ Uv ίϊη\eyeiv, πλην is νντα μΐ-γάλα καΐ ύττίρή-φανα συνΐΤΐΚΐσθτ] Ύΐμΐραι$ πει/τe/ slabs brought by Sir H. Kawlinsonfrom the Kasr, bear the inscription, thepalace of Nebuchadnezzar. One of these isin the British Museum. 1 Rich, First Memoh-, p. 22. Ker Poi-tercalls the length of the
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