...and invisible until turned over by the curious excavator after twenty-five centuries had gone by : " Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, son of Nabopolassar,...great Lord Marduk. Marduk, Lord, grant eternal life." He described the nature of his repairs, his motive in building, and the material he employed. "The...

...be told that the letters read : — " I am Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon ; I paved the Babel Way with blocks of shadu stone for the procession of the great lord Marduk. O Marduk, Lord, grant long life." These mounds of the Kasr have suffered by successive generations...

...Nabopolassar, King of Babylon, am I. The Babel Street I paved with blocks of limestone (or breccia), for the procession of the great Lord, Marduk. Marduk, Lord, grant eternal life!" These blocks were laid upon a bed of brick, covered with asphalt, so that one can scarcely conceive...

...Nabopolassar, King of Babylon, am I. The Babel Street I paved with blocks of limestone (or breccia), for the procession of the great Lord, Marduk. Marduk, Lord, grant eternal life!" These blocks were laid upon a bed of brick, covered with asphalt, so that one can scarcely conceive...

...On the edges of each slab, where of course it could not be seen once the slab was in position, ran an inscription. " Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,...great Lord Marduk. Marduk, Lord, grant eternal life." We have not yet got the length of using such splendid materials as white limestone and red breccia...

...centimeters square. The bevelled edges of the joints were filled in with asphalt. On the edges of each slab, which, of course, were not visible, was an inscription,...fine hard limestone may have been brought from the neighborhood of Hit or Anah, where a similar stone is quarried, and transport by river would present...