31. THE EUPHRATES BRIDGE 197 32. THE BRIDGE GATEWAY 199 33. THE WALL OF NABONIDUS 200 34. THE ARACHTU WALLS AT THE PERIBOLOS OF ETEMENANKI 202 35. ESAGILA, THE TEMPLE OF MARDUK 204 36. THE EASTERN ANNEX (B) OF ESAGILA 214 37. THE LATER BUILDINGS ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF AMRAN 215 38. THE OTHER PARTS OF THE HILL OF AMRAN IBN ALI 223 39. TEMPLE “Z” 223 40. EPATUTILA, THE TEMPLE OF NINIB 229 41. THE EXCAVATIONS TO THE NORTH OF THE NINIB TEMPLE 236 42. MERKES 239 43. THE SMALL OBJECTS, PRINCIPALLY FROM MERKES 244 44. THE GRAVES IN MERKES 271 45. THE TERRA-COTTA FIGURES 277 46. THE GREAT HOUSE IN MERKES 286 47. THE TEMPLE OF ISHTAR OF AGADE 296 48. THE GREEK THEATRE 300 49. THE NORTHERN MOUND OF HOMERA 308 50. THE CENTRAL MOUND OF HOMERA 310 51. RETROSPECT 311 52. APPENDIX 314 53. SMITH’S ESAGILA TABLET 327 PUBLICATIONS OF THE GERMAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY 328 INDEX 329 ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. PAGE 1. Plan of the ruins of the city of Babylon _facing_ 1 2. Part of the outer city walls; ground-plan 3 3. Plan of the mound “Babil” 7 4. Section of a canal when newly constructed (B), and after long use (C) 8 5. View of the mound “Babil” 9 6. General view of Babylon, seen from the north-west 13 7. The Euphrates in 1911 17 8. The Euphrates, seen looking north from the Expedition House in 1907 17 9. A djird, opposite Kweiresh 20 10. Arab at work on a canal in the neighbourhood of Babylon 21 11. The hooked plough in Babylon 21