 | 710 sider
...one hundred aild thirty-six ; the elevation of the SE or highest angle, one hundred and forty-on« feet. The western face, which is the least elevated,...it appears a low wall, with interruptions, built of unbiirnt bricks mixed up with chopped straw or reeds, and cemented with clay-. mortar of great thickness,... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - 1816 - 452 sider
...western one hundred and thirty-six ; the elevation of the SE or highest angle, one hundred and forty-one feet. The western face, which is the least elevated,...up with chopped straw or reeds, and cemented with claymortar of great thickness, having between every layer a layer of reeds : and on the north side... | |
 | 1816 - 572 sider
...western one hundred and thirty-six; the elevation of the SE or highest angle, one hundred and forty-one feet. The western face, which is the least elevated,...up with chopped straw or reeds, and cemented with clay-mortar of great thickness, having between every layer a layer of reeds ; and on» the north side... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 486 sider
...height and the measurement of its sides, which face the cardinal points: the northern side being 200 yards in length, the southern 219, the eastern 182, and the western 1 36 ; the elevation of the south-east or highest angle, 141 feet. The western face, which is the least... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 sider
...height and the measurement of its sides, which face the cardinal points; the northern side being 200 yards in length, the southern 219, the eastern 182,...western 136; the elevation of the south-east, or highest augle, 141 feet. The western face, which is the least elevated, is the most interesting, on account... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 602 sider
...Arweel, on the east of the Tigris, are erected. " The western face of this mound," says Mr. Rich, " which is the least elevated, is the most interesting, on account of the appearance of building which it presents. Near the summit of it appears a low wall, with interruptions, built of unburnt bricks,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1835 - 564 sider
...feet high, and the base, including the ruins of surrounding buildings, about 700 feet on each side. ' The western face, which is the least elevated, is...up with chopped straw or reeds, and cemented with clay-mortar of great thickness, having between every layer a layer of reeds ; and on the north side... | |
 | 1835 - 566 sider
...feet high, and the base, including the ruins of surrounding buildings, about 700 feet on each side. ' The western face, which is the least elevated, is...up with chopped straw or reeds, and cemented with clay-mortar of great thickness, having between every layer a layer of reeds ; and on the north side... | |
 | 1835 - 1102 sider
...feet high, and the base, including the ruins of surrounding buildings, about 700 feet on each side. ' The western face, which is the least elevated, is...summit of it appears a low wall, with interruptions, tmilt of unburnt bricks mixed up with chopped straw or reeds, and cemented with clay-mortar of great... | |
 | 1836 - 544 sider
...height and the measurement of its sides, which face the cardinal points ; the northern side being 200 yards in length ; the southern 219 ; the eastern 182 ; and the western 136; the elevation of the south east or highest angle, 141 feet. The western face, which is the least elevated, is the most interesting... | |
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The western face, which is the least elevated, is the most interesting on account of the appearance of building it presents. Near the summit of it appears a low wall, with interruptions, built of unburnt bricks, mixed up with chopped straw or reeds, and... 
