Identifier: byniletigrisnarr01budguoft (find matches)
Title: By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934
Subjects: Egypt -- Antiquities Egypt -- Description and travel Iraq -- Description and travel Iraq -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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bank,and I was glad to see that his sailors had seen him, andwere making signs to him to come to them. We tookleave of our courteous guide, whose perfect knowledge ofEnglish added to the enjoyment of our strange visit,and just after he left us the people began to throw stonesat us. We hurried to the tuffah, and pushed out into thestream without delay. What views the men of Kazammay hold now about Europeans I cannot say, but in1888 they hated the very sight of them. Another day we rode out to see the ruin called Akar-Kuf, which lies about ten miles to the north-west ofBaghdad. The mass of brickwork, which is probably thecore of a ziggurat or step-pyramid, is about 120 feet highand 100 feet wide, and the circumference at the base isbetween 270 and 280 feet; it stands on a low mound,which is probably the remains of the base or first step ofthe edifice. There were several low mounds lying roundabout, and these naturally suggested that this great mass To face p. 326, vol. i. §■ K - ■
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The Ziggiirat of Akar-Iytf. 327 of brickwork formed part of a large group of buildings.The bricks in the lowest part were about i foot squareand 3 inches thick, whilst those in the upper partseemed to be nearly 2 feet in length. Between everyfive or six layers of bricks was a layer of reeds, abouti^ inches thick. Akar-Kuf is now thought to markthe site of a town built by the Kassite King Kurigalzuin the thirteenth century B.C., and called Dur Kuri-galzu. The ruin has been often measured anddescribed,^ but its actual history can only be obtainedby systematic excavation. A common native name forit is Tall Nimrud, or the Hill of Nimrod, which hascaused many travellers to confuse it with Birs-i-Nimrud,and so with the Tower of Babel; but the mistake isobvious when we remember that the Tower of Babelstood near the Euphrates, while Akar-Kuf is no greatdistance from the Tigris. On the morning of the day before my departure fromBaghdad I received a visit from a friendly Turkishofficial, who to

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