. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . ^.f/OJIlVDJO^ ^OJITVDJOt^ ^^MEUNIVERS/^ ^VOSANCElfj> cj !=^HN CD ^ ^mm^ ^ -;;OFCAIIFO% .^,OF-CAIIFO%, ^ V£>i t^i I. TRAVELS AND EESEARCHES IN CHALDJA AND SUSIANA WITH AN ACCOUNT OF EXCAVATIONS AT WARM, THE ERECH OF NIMROD, SHUSH, SHUSHAN THE PALACE OF ESTHER,IN 1849-52, UNDER TUE ORDERS OP MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. P. WILLIAMS OF KARS, BART., K.C.B., M.P.,AND ALSO OF TUE ASSYRIAN EXCAVATION FUND IN 1853^. BY WILLIAM KENNETT
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. Travels and researches in Chaldæa and Susiana; with an account of excavations at Warka, the "Erech" of Nimrod, and Shúsh, "Shushan the Palace" of Esther, in 1849-52 .. . ^.f/OJIlVDJO^ ^OJITVDJOt^ ^^MEUNIVERS/^ ^VOSANCElfj> cj !=^HN CD ^ ^mm^ ^ -;;OFCAIIFO% .^, OF-CAIIFO%, ^ V£>i t^i I. TRAVELS AND EESEARCHES IN CHALDJA AND SUSIANA WITH AN ACCOUNT OF EXCAVATIONS AT WARM, THE ERECH OF NIMROD, SHUSH, SHUSHAN THE PALACE OF ESTHER, IN 1849-52, UNDER TUE ORDERS OP MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. P. WILLIAMS OF KARS, BART., K.C.B., M.P., AND ALSO OF TUE ASSYRIAN EXCAVATION FUND IN 1853^. BY WILLIAM KENNETT LOFTUS, F.G.S. Why dost thou build the hall, son of the winged days?—Thou lookest from thy tower to-day : yet a fewyears, and the blast of the desert comes ; it howls in thy empty court.—Ossian. NEW YORK:ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, 630 BROADW AT. 1857. L^^fc TO MAJOR-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM FENWICK WILLIAMS, OP KAES, BART., K.C.B., M.P., ETC., is i0lttm^ is Instrib^^, m ADMIRATION OP HIS BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENTS, AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OP POUR HAPPY TEARS PASSED UNDER HIS COMMAND UPON THE TURCO-PBRSIAN FRONTIER. 745.35 PEEFACE. The following pages are due to researches in thatremote, and but partially explored region, which, from our childhood, we have been led to regard asthe crtravelsresearche00loft