. Nippur; or, Explorations and adventures on the Euphrates : the narrative of the University of Pennsylvania expedition to Babylonia in the years 1888-1890 . t over and whispered in his ear, after which hebecame somewhat more friendly, and said that he wouldtalk with the director of the museum, and see me againthe following Tuesday. The next day, Friday, Mr. Prince, Professor van Mil-lingen, and I went to call on Hamdy Bey, director of theImperial Museum, at his house at Courouchesme, on the 24 NIPPUR. Bosphorus. On account of our attempt to obtain specialprivileges, he had been hostile to us,
. Nippur; or, Explorations and adventures on the Euphrates : the narrative of the University of Pennsylvania expedition to Babylonia in the years 1888-1890 . t over and whispered in his ear, after which hebecame somewhat more friendly, and said that he wouldtalk with the director of the museum, and see me againthe following Tuesday. The next day, Friday, Mr. Prince, Professor van Mil-lingen, and I went to call on Hamdy Bey, director of theImperial Museum, at his house at Courouchesme, on the 24 NIPPUR. Bosphorus. On account of our attempt to obtain specialprivileges, he had been hostile to us, and had not wishedto see me; but when he was told that we were anxiousto ascertain whether it were not possible to work underthe law, he expressed himself as quite willing to meetme. I have already described part of our earlier negotia-tions for a firman, but have not referred to our directnegotiations with Hamdy Bey. Some time in the latterpart of 1886, or the earlier part of 1887, he told one ofthe professors at Robert College that he had a most in-teresting site in northern Syria, presumably Hittite,which he would like to see explored. The cost of. TURKISH HOUSES AT COUROUCHESME ON THE BOSPHORUS,HOUSE OF HAMDY BEY. excavation he estimated at $4000. He proposed thatthe Americans should apply for a firman to excavate thissite. This proposition was communicated to me in thesummer or autumn of 1887. I sent word to him throughProfessor van Millingen that we would gladly furnish thefunds, and excavate this site for him, if he would obtainfor us the sort of permission to excavate in Babyloniawdiich we wished. He replied that this site—it wasZenjirli—had been already taken by the Germans, butthat he had another of the same character which wemight have. Whether we excavated in Irak or Syria, OBTAIXIXG IRAD^.. 2$ however, we could have no permission outside of theterms of the law. Our interview did not begin well. Hamdy told me,when I ventured to. criticise some details of th
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