Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

DURING 10 in CENTURY: ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 305
on the highest point of the southwestern half of the ruins,
where we could enjov an unlimited view over the swamps
and the desert, and which at the same time seemed best
protected against malaria and possible attacks from the
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Plan of the Ruins of Nuffer
I. Ziggurrat and Temple of Bel, buried under a huge Parthian fortress. II. North-east city
ivall. III. Great north-east (pre-Sargonic) city gate. IV. Temple library, covered by
extensive ruins of a later period. V. Dry bed of an ancient canal (Shaft en-Nil). VI.
Pie-Sargonic ivall, buried under sixty feet of rubbish -with archives of later periods. VII.
Small Parthian palace, resting on Cassite archives. VIII. Business house of Murashu Sons,
with more ancient ruins below.
Arabs. With the aid of Berdi, shaikh of the Warish (a subdivision
of the Hamza),who was ready to assist us, a number
of native huts, so-called sarifas, made of bunches of
reed arched together and covered with palm-leaf mats, were
placed in a square around us. They served for stables,
store-rooms, servants' quarters, workshop, dining-room,
kitchen and other purposes, and also protected us against