CONTENTS

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1.The Outer City Walls[1]
1.The Mound Babil. Canals. Brick robbers[6]
1.General View of the City[12]
1.The Euphrates and its Course[16]
1.The Kasr. The Ascent and Procession Street[23]
1.The Ishtar Gate. The Expansion Joint[31]
1.The Wall Decorations of Bulls and Dragons[38]
1.The Procession Street South of the Ishtar Gate[49]
1.The Temple of Ninmach. Mud Walls laid with Reeds[55]
10.The Southern Citadel[65]
11.The East Front of the Southern Citadel[68]
12.The Eastern Court of the Southern Citadel[72]
13.The Central Court of the Southern Citadel[90]
14.The Vaulted Building. Hanging Gardens of Semiramis[91]
15.The Principal Court of the Southern Citadel[100]
16.The Palace of Nabopolassar[113]
17.The Fortification Walls to the North and South of the Palace of Nabopolassar[121]
18.The Western Extension[125]
19.The Persian Building. Persian Enamelled Bricks[127]
20.The Walls of the Fortifications and Quays to the West and North of the Southern Citadel[131]
21.The Moat Wall of Imgur-Bel[132]
22.The Arachtu Wall of Nabopolassar and the Wall of Sargon the Assyrian[137]
23.The Western Outworks[144]
24.The Three Great Fortification Walls North of the Southern Citadel[145]
25.The Inner City Wall. Nimitti-Bel Cylinder[150]
26.The Principal Citadel. The Basalt Lion[156]
27.The Fortification Walls of the Principal Citadel[169]
28.The Northern Citadel[174]
29.Retrospect of the Kasr[181]
30.The Peribolos of Etemenanki. The Tower of Babel[183]
31.The Euphrates Bridge[197]
32.The Bridge Gateway[199]
33.The Wall of Nabonidus[200]
34.The Arachtu Walls at the Peribolos of Etemenanki[202]
35.Esagila, the Temple of Marduk[204]
36.The Eastern Annex (B) of Esagila[214]
37.The Later Buildings on the Northern Edge of Amran[215]
38.The Other Parts of the Hill of Amran Ibn Ali[223]
39.Temple “Z”[223]
40.Epatutila, the Temple of Ninib[229]
41.The Excavations to the North of the Ninib Temple[236]
42.Merkes[239]
43.The Small Objects, principally from Merkes[244]
44.The Graves in Merkes[271]
45.The Terra-cotta Figures[277]
46.The Great House in Merkes[286]
47.The Temple of Ishtar of Agade[296]
48.The Greek Theatre[300]
49.The Northern Mound of Homera[308]
50.The Central Mound of Homera[310]
51.Retrospect[311]
52.Appendix[314]
53.Smith’s Esagila Tablet[327]
Publications of the German Oriental Society[328]
Index[329]