CONTENTS

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1. The Outer City Walls 1
1. The Mound Babil. Canals. Brick robbers 6
1. General View of the City 12
1. The Euphrates and its Course 16
1. The Kasr. The Ascent and Procession Street 23
1. The Ishtar Gate. The Expansion Joint 31
1. The Wall Decorations of Bulls and Dragons 38
1. The Procession Street South of the Ishtar Gate 49
1. The Temple of Ninmach. Mud Walls laid with Reeds 55
10. The Southern Citadel 65
11. The East Front of the Southern Citadel 68
12. The Eastern Court of the Southern Citadel 72
13. The Central Court of the Southern Citadel 90
14. The Vaulted Building. Hanging Gardens of Semiramis 91
15. The Principal Court of the Southern Citadel 100
16. The Palace of Nabopolassar 113
17. The Fortification Walls to the North and South of the Palace of Nabopolassar 121
18. The Western Extension 125
19. The Persian Building. Persian Enamelled Bricks 127
20. The Walls of the Fortifications and Quays to the West and North of the Southern Citadel 131
21. The Moat Wall of Imgur-Bel 132
22. The Arachtu Wall of Nabopolassar and the Wall of Sargon the Assyrian 137
23. The Western Outworks 144
24. The Three Great Fortification Walls North of the Southern Citadel 145
25. The Inner City Wall. Nimitti-Bel Cylinder 150
26. The Principal Citadel. The Basalt Lion 156
27. The Fortification Walls of the Principal Citadel 169
28. The Northern Citadel 174
29. Retrospect of the Kasr 181
30. The Peribolos of Etemenanki. The Tower of Babel 183
31. The Euphrates Bridge 197
32. The Bridge Gateway 199
33. The Wall of Nabonidus 200
34. The Arachtu Walls at the Peribolos of Etemenanki 202
35. Esagila, the Temple of Marduk 204
36. The Eastern Annex (B) of Esagila 214
37. The Later Buildings on the Northern Edge of Amran 215
38. The Other Parts of the Hill of Amran Ibn Ali 223
39. Temple “Z” 223
40. Epatutila, the Temple of Ninib 229
41. The Excavations to the North of the Ninib Temple 236
42. Merkes 239
43. The Small Objects, principally from Merkes 244
44. The Graves in Merkes 271
45. The Terra-cotta Figures 277
46. The Great House in Merkes 286
47. The Temple of Ishtar of Agade 296
48. The Greek Theatre 300
49. The Northern Mound of Homera 308
50. The Central Mound of Homera 310
51. Retrospect 311
52. Appendix 314
53. Smith’s Esagila Tablet 327
  Publications of the German Oriental Society 328
  Index 329