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

672 EXPLORATIONS IN MULE LANDS
at once as a whole. It was square shaped, and was surrounded
by a wall, which measured a little over 13 12 feet on
each side, so that the area of the town was 193,360 square
yards. A thick wall divided the town into two parts, a
greater, which contained the houses of the better class of
people, higher officials and courtiers, and a smaller for the
common people, workmen and shopkeepers. Each of the
two parts of the city was intersected by a principal street,