 | 1841 - 214 pages
...oblong shape, irregular in its height, with its sides facing the cardinal points. The measurement of the northern side being 200 yards in length; the southern...The elevation of the south-east, or highest angle, he says, is 141 feet. The western face of the building is most interesting, on account of the appearance... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 pages
...erroneously adopted by Rennell and other writers. It is of an oblong shape, irregular in its height and in the measurement of its sides, which face the cardinal points ; the northern side being two hundred yards in length, , the southern two hundred and nineteen, the eastern one hundred and eighty-two,... | |
 | Joseph Gwilt - 1842 - 1114 pages
...sometimes also apply the same term to the mounds of the Kasr. This is marked F on the plan. " It is of an oblong shape, irregular in its height and the measurement...face the cardinal points, the northern side being 20O yards in length, the southern 219, the eastern 182, and the western 136. The elevation of the south-east... | |
 | James Baillie Fraser - 1842 - 352 pages
...of an oblong shape, but irregular in its sides, which face the cardinal points — the northern one being 200 yards in length, the southern 219, the eastern 182, and the western 136. Its height is still more unequal, but at the highest point, which is the southeastern angle, it measures... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1844 - 372 pages
...oblong shape, irregular in its height, with its sides facing the cardinal points. The measurement of the northern side being 200 yards in length ; the...The elevation of the south-east, or highest angle, he says, is 141 feet. The western face of the building is most interesting, on account of the appearance... | |
 | 1845 - 350 pages
...oblong shape, but irregular in its sides, which face the cardinal points — the northern one being 300 yards in length, the southern 219, the eastern 182, and the western 136. Its height is still more unequal, but at the highest point, which is the southeastern angle, it measures... | |
 | Edward Farr - 1850 - 346 pages
...oblong shape, irregular in its height, with its sides facing the cardinal points. The measurement of the northern side being 200 yards in length ; the...The elevation of the south-east, or highest angle, he says, is 141 feet. The western face of the building is most interesting, on account of the appearance... | |
 | John Frost - 1852 - 560 pages
...according to the vulgar Arab pronunciation of these parts, Mujelibè, meaning ' overturned.') It is of an oblong shape, irregular in its. height, and the...face the cardinal points ; the northern side being two hundred yards in length, the southern two hundred and nineteen ; the eastern one hundred and eighty-two,,... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1852 - 436 pages
...according to the vulgar Arab pro nunciation of these parts, Mujelibe, meaning 'overturned.') It is of an oblong shape, irregular in its height, and the...face the cardinal points ; the northern side being two hundred yards in length, the southern two hundred and nineteen ; the eastern one hundred and eighty... | |
 | Sir Austin Henry Layard - 1853 - 660 pages
...Benjamin of Tudela.) t P. 26. The dimensions of the mound, as given by Rich, are, the northern face, 200 yards in length ; the southern, 219 ; the eastern, 182 ; and the western, 136. The elevation at the NE angle, 141 feet. minutes underground. Even the Arabs were compelled to leave their work after... | |
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It is of an oblong shape, irregular in its height and the measurement of its sides, which face the cardinal points; the northern side being... 
