Assur (Deutsch OrientGesellschaft, 1913); (37) Schroeder, Zeits.

Another German expedition, on a large scale, was despatched by the Orientgesellschaft in 1899 with the object of exploring the ruins of Babylon; the palace of Nebuchadrezzar and the great processional road were laid bare, and Dr W.

Hommel, Grundriss der Geographie and Geschichte des alten Orients (1904); Mitteilungen der deutschen Orientgesellschaft (1899).

See Mitteilungen der deutschen Orientgesellschaft, Nos.

Winckler, Mitteilungen der deutschen Orientgesellschaft, No.

Our knowledge of its topography is derived from the classical writers, the inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar, and the excavations of the Deutsche Orientgesellschaft, which were begun in 1899.

1890); Mittheilungen der deutschen Orientgesellschaft (1899-1906) F.