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Show Temples of Babylon perfectly preserved. It Is constructed of (wo or tf ree layer of brick set .In aspha't and covfr d wPn a thick coating of asphalt. King Nal.onid. It lr proved, bill t bis fortlfl-fa'!o':s fortlfl-fa'!o':s out oi the ndns of works constructed ty bis pr -decent or, as the excivator found Prick v l h a tour lined Inur ption of ll' tl S'hs.ir. In vll-h t!U ruler. whoe luso-lpi'on have l.ither'o I t en tniUig, de?cilt.iM himself us "th1 rcomp:isl.'-r of jrood d els" Th- f xi i-.v ,v 'ont. made In As-ur I y I"- W. Ardtae in the season April lo ()('ler jl-!d" it;il more In-! ertant reu!ts. The co.-npVi griH:r.d t'an of tho Temple of Asur b'W lure. a"d th" '-l-t'fy of b g-'-it bilhling pus-h' d Ifi'k lo the third iniHenrl ini, M C. This in- Ves it 'he oldest Mcopoiam:an temple to far t'l eove--J. The ti mj.: w-u renewed by the King Samsl-Ac'ud Samsl-Ac'ud at cut lsr-0 P. C. sr. ! l! ai turned ilown fen jar later under S iUta :nr -r I. who. tntiiver. recons'rui td It on exactly Ce o:d lines. Many Impoitant C'.d w'e made t y Ir An-Sr. An-Sr. Near the door In the fojtheast front were found remains of a r lef cf s ball tbree The Peutsche Orbnt Ciisellschaft giv.'s an Interesting account of the past year's ixctva-tion ixctva-tion work In three iliff. rent parts of I! ihy'.on. In the town quarter known as K;u-r wire laid tare several hundred meter ef a wall about '"i feet thick, broken by numci-ts door openings which were oiiglnaily Pin'uvl by towtrs. The most irterestimj fieil hire was a co.Tn of burmd clay, cn the lid of wi lrh wes S r llcf cf a bcirdel In ed. Near the ner'h wall of the qmrtir non as Sat-hn was difcovered a ter:i of d.nl.). btli t of brick, laid In asphalt. Here w. -e a so found Mveral fragments of tfibl ts wl h e-jt.l. form insc-ipiions from the time of NMuehad nctrar. Tbl discovery eopbed the rxc.-tor rxc.-tor to complete fragmentary taLlets dbcoir-ej dbcoir-ej ifn time tefor. The b cend proved to refer to the b I'd'ng 4if h" Zlgu-rat. th temple tower of Unhy'on. Tie tfgititftrg read ss follows: "Nebm-had-. . ii.. .1 it-ii tion. reverer of the geit gods, establl-her of KsncHa and KzIc'h, son of Nahopolassar, nf the king of liabjlon. am I. Win n Maidak, the gnat lord, eievati J my L. ad I abused u:e'f n vercntly tior Mar d :k. (he god who -natol me." After tliU Ni'l.ui bailneriar gees on to least thru h" mad" the temp!- 'hril',1 mt a? the day with tltumen and bliie gllt'erimj b;icks" and th.nt lor 'he tniuv nd be has had pill.Iy c-dirs c-dirs . ii p;. red. The ii,s riot Ion nd wlh Nei.ii. h idni r.'.ar's prayer that V;.r.ik will reward l.ls ; Iocs C, ds by fantics Llm "t'e-nal d-vs." Wi rk wai slso carrl.-d in at ttie town wall bui t t y Nat omit. Cv lst king of llal vli n, who nigr.-d tiiV.'.lls I! C. About 4"J miters of hi wail w- re uncovered. The wa'I i atetit :S feet thick and has towir every 6 feet The main ga'e lies in the line of the greit Iiat v Ionian pro-cson street. The pavenn nt of the proceii local street st ttls point I times larrer than life M. Another ftnd w; sn It.scrlpiiin of Seimai her h lo the effect th be had ' hulMeil a ho ise to tho C,od Nlnili This presumably refers to an extension of (I temple at tho east corner, of which little nc retrains, but the temple will buiit by S nnac crib Is Intact. Tho Tei ip e 'jf Aur Is Miown to have t.ei of vast extent, rim excavation reveal a com )nrd surrounced by room and to imni'-n halls. The excavators found here frag:nn of nameled trick dating from modern Ass rl.m timei nd showing marktdty the iuflaeu of F.gypt. These brick det let battles, pri-e er and toldl ntn-h aril it C'rui t!i of fortrs. |
