. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. The MujcliW, or : Ruins of Babylon. (From Rich.) mile to the south of the mound last described. It is the Kasr,or Palace, of Rich ; a name by which it is now generallyknown to travellers, but the Arabs call it the Mujelibe, or theoverturned. It rises on the river bank, and is about seven * Benjamin of Tuclcla, vol, i. p. io6. ed. Asher. XL] BABYLONIAN BRICKS. 287 hundred yards square. The principal part of this great ruinconsists of loose bricks, tiles, and fragments of stone ; butne
. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. The MujcliW, or : Ruins of Babylon. (From Rich.) mile to the south of the mound last described. It is the Kasr,or Palace, of Rich ; a name by which it is now generallyknown to travellers, but the Arabs call it the Mujelibe, or theoverturned. It rises on the river bank, and is about seven * Benjamin of Tuclcla, vol, i. p. io6. ed. Asher. XL] BABYLONIAN BRICKS. 287 hundred yards square. The principal part of this great ruinconsists of loose bricks, tiles, and fragments of stone ; butnearly in the centre a solid mass of masonry, still entire, andeven retaining remains of architectural ornament, protrudesfrom the confused heap of rubbish. Piers, buttresses, andpilasters may be traced ; but the work of destruction hasbeen too complete to allow us to determine whether theybelong to the interior or exterior of a palace. I sought invain for some clue to tlie general plan of the edifice. Thebricks are of a pale yellow colour, and are not exceeded inquality by any found in the ruins of Bab
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