[1] For an account of the excavations at Nippur and their results, see Hilprecht, "Explorations in Bible Lands," pp. 289 ff., and Fisher, "Excavations at Nippur," Pt. I. (1905), Pt. II. (1900).
[2] At a later period this was converted into a Parthian fortress.
[3] See the plan of Tello on [p. 19].
[4] For example, compare the orientation of Enlil's temple on p. 88.
[5] It has been compared to the granaries of Egypt as depicted in wall-paintings or represented by models placed in the tombs; cf. Heuzey, "Une Villa royale chaldéenne,"—p. 9 f.
[6] See H, H on plan.
[8] Cf. Heuzey, "Une Villa royale," p. 24.
[9] Cf. Thureau-Dangin, "Recueil de tablettes chaldéennes," p. i. f., Nos. 1 ff., 9 ff., and "Rev. d'Assyr.," VI., pp. 11 ff.