XXXVIII
THE OTHER PARTS OF THE HILL OF AMRAN IBN ALI
Close to the sacred tomb of Amran, where there is also the cupola of a private burial, lies the modern Arab cemetery, which stretches out as far as the western plain. Here a high mud wall called a Tof surrounds the palm gardens of the village of Djumdjumma. Towards the south the hill gradually falls away in irregular lines. We have not yet dug there, but isolated walls of mud brick, which project out of the ground, show that here also there are ruins of dwelling-houses. On the eastern slope some excavations undertaken by us yielded dated business tablets of the time of the Persian kings. Here also the great Nimitti-Bel cylinder was found which had been removed here, and of which we have already (p. [173] et seq.) given an account.
XXXIX
TEMPLE “Z”
Opposite Amran on the east there stretch out the low “Ishin aswad” (Fig. [136]), as the heaped-up city ruins are called. In the valley between them lie the ruins of a temple of which we have not yet found the name, and which we therefore distinguish as “Z.”
Fig. 136.—Plan of Ishin aswad.
Fig. 137.—Ground-plan of temple “Z.”
Fig. 138.—Cella façade in temple “Z.”