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The Excavations at Babylon

The Excavations at Babylon

by Robert Koldewey

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Author
Koldewey, Robert, 1855-1925
Title
The excavations at Babylon
Original Publication
London: Macmillan and co, 1914.
Credits
Richard Tonsing, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject
Babylon (Extinct city)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71398
Release Date
August 13, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE EXCAVATIONS AT BABYLON
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.I THE OUTER CITY WALLS
  6. 6.II THE MOUND BABIL
  7. 7.III GENERAL VIEW OF THE CITY
  8. 8.IV THE EUPHRATES AND ITS COURSE
  9. 9.V THE KASR. THE ASCENT AND PROCESSION STREET
  10. 10.VI THE ISHTAR GATE
  11. 11.VII THE WALL DECORATIONS OF BULLS AND DRAGONS
  12. 12.VIII THE PROCESSION STREET SOUTH OF THE ISHTAR GATE
  13. 13.IX THE TEMPLE OF NINMACH
  14. 14.X THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
  15. 15.XI THE EAST FRONT OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
  16. 16.XII THE EASTERN COURT OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
  17. 17.XIII THE CENTRAL COURT OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
  18. 18.XIV THE VAULTED BUILDING
  19. 19.XV THE PRINCIPAL COURT (H)
  20. 20.XVI THE PALACE OF NABOPOLASSAR
  21. 21.XVII THE FORTIFICATION WALLS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE PALACE OF NABOPOLASSAR.
  22. 22.XVIII THE WESTERN EXTENSION
  23. 23.XIX THE PERSIAN BUILDING
  24. 24.XX THE WALLS OF THE FORTIFICATIONS AND QUAYS TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL.
  25. 25.XXI THE MOAT WALL OF IMGUR-BEL
  26. 26.XXII THE ARACHTU WALL OF NABOPOLASSAR AND THE WALL OF SARGON THE ASSYRIAN.
  27. 27.XXIII THE WESTERN OUTWORKS
  28. 28.XXIV THE THREE GREAT FORTIFICATION WALLS NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN CITADEL
  29. 29.XXV THE INNER CITY WALL
  30. 30.XXVI THE PRINCIPAL CITADEL
  31. 31.XXVII THE FORTIFICATION WALLS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITADEL
  32. 32.XXVIII THE NORTHERN CITADEL
  33. 33.XXIX RETROSPECT OF THE KASR
  34. 34.XXX THE PERIBOLOS OF ETEMENANKI
  35. 35.XXXI THE EUPHRATES BRIDGE
  36. 36.XXXII THE BRIDGE GATEWAY
  37. 37.XXXIII THE WALL OF NABONIDUS
  38. 38.XXXIV THE ARACHTU WALLS AT THE PERIBOLOS OF ETEMENANKI
  39. 39.XXXV ESAGILA, THE TEMPLE OF MARDUK
  40. 40.XXXVI THE EASTERN ANNEX (B) OF ESAGILA
  41. 41.XXXVII THE LATER BUILDINGS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF AMRAN
  42. 42.XXXVIII THE OTHER PARTS OF THE HILL OF AMRAN IBN ALI
  43. 43.XXXIX TEMPLE “Z”
  44. 44.XL EPATUTILA, THE TEMPLE OF NINIB
  45. 45.XLI THE EXCAVATIONS TO THE NORTH OF THE NINIB TEMPLE
  46. 46.XLII MERKES
  47. 47.XLIII THE SMALL OBJECTS, PRINCIPALLY FROM MERKES
  48. 48.XLIV THE GRAVES IN MERKES
  49. 49.XLV THE TERRA-COTTA FIGURES
  50. 50.XLVI THE GREAT HOUSE IN MERKES
  51. 51.XLVII THE TEMPLE OF ISHTAR OF AGADE
  52. 52.XLVIII THE GREEK THEATRE
  53. 53.XLIX THE NORTHERN MOUND OF HOMERA
  54. 54.L THE CENTRAL MOUND OF HOMERA
  55. 55.LI RETROSPECT
  56. 56.LII APPENDIX — Herodotus i. 178–187 — Diodorus ii. 7–10 — Strabo xvi. 5–7. — Flavii Josephi Antiquitates x. 11 — Q. Curti Rufi Histor. Alex. v. i. 24–35
  57. 57.G. SMITH’S ESAGILA TABLET
  58. 58.PUBLICATIONS OF THE GERMAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY
  59. 59.INDEX

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