[134] Rich, ib. pp. 216-18.

[135] Babylon and Persepolis, by C. J. Rich (1839), p. 240.

[136] Rich, Koordistan, ii, 217-19.

[137] Niebuhr had found only 2½ feet of the stairs visible (Voyage, ii. 111).

[138] Koordistan, ii. 223.

[139] Babylon and Persepolis, Pl. 13, 14, and 15; Inscr. Cᵃ.

[140] Ib. Pl. 16, 17, 18; Inscr. E.

[141] Rich, ib. Pl. 18; Inscr. G.

[142] Pl. 19 (a, b, c, d).

[143] Pl. 20, 21, 22; Cᵇ.