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" In all these excavations walls of burnt brick laid in lime mortar of a very good quality are seen; and in addition to the substances generally strewed on the surfaces of all these mounds we here find fragments of alabaster vessels, fine earthen ware,... "
Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity.. - Page 254
by Society of Antiquaries of London - 1817
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The Augustan review, Volume 2

710 pages
...and in addition to tin- substances generally strewed on the surfaces of all these mounds we here find fragments of alabaster vessels fine earthen ware, marble, and great quantities of varnished tiles< the glazing and colouring of which are surprisingly fresh. In a hollow near the southern part 1 found...
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Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal

1816 - 572 pages
...and in addition to the substances generally strewed on the surfaces of all these mounds we here find fragments of alabaster vessels, fine earthen ware, marble, and great quantities of varnished tiles, the glazing and colouring of which are surprizingly fresh. In a hollow near the southern part I found...
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With Appendix Observations on the remains of ancient Egyptian grandeur and ...

Thomas Maurice - 1816 - 452 pages
...and in addition to the substances generally strewed on the surfaces of all these mounds, we here find fragments of alabaster vessels, fine earthen ware, marble, and great quantities of varnished files, the glazing and colouring of which are surprisingly fresh. In a hollow near the southern part...
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The Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer, Volume 8

Theology - 1836 - 544 pages
...; and in addition to the substances generally strowed on the surfaces of all these mounds there are fragments of alabaster vessels, fine earthen ware, marble, and great quantities of varnished tiles, the glazing and coloring of which are surprizingly fresh. In a hollow near the southern part Mr. Rich...
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Narrative of a Journey to the Site of Babylon in 1811: Now First Published ...

Claudius James Rich - Babylon - 1839 - 494 pages
...bitumen, and potter}' ; and are deeply furrowed by channels, made by the running off of the rain-water. One of these mounds in particular appears to be composed...other mounds, fragments of alabaster vessels, fine earthenware, marble, and great quantities of varnished tiles. And notwithstanding that in latter times...
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Historical Researches Into the Politics, Intercourse, and Trade of ..., Volume 1

Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren - Asia - 1854 - 482 pages
...bored into the solid mass, forming winding caverns and subterranean passages. Besides these bricks, fragments of alabaster vessels, fine earthen ware, marble, and great quantities of polished tiles, the glazing and colouring of which are surprisingly fresh, " Its present height, which,...
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A Voyage Up the Persian Gulf and a Journey Overland from India to England in ...

William Heude - History - 1993 - 292 pages
...addition to the sub" stances generally strewed on the surfaces of all these mounds, we " here find fragments of alabaster vessels, fine earthen ware,...marble, " and great quantities of varnished tiles, the glazing and colouring " of which are surprisingly fresh." In a hollow, near the southern part,...
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Biblical Repository and Quarterly Observer

Religion - 1836 - 1048 pages
...; and in addition to the substances generally strowed on the surfaces of all these mounds there are fragments of alabaster vessels, fine earthen ware, marble, and great quantities of varnished tiles, the glazing and coloring of which are surprizingly fresh. In a hollow near the southern part Mr. Rich...
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