New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-06

surrounded by a massive wall. or which more than
thirty courses are still Visible.
The arrangement of this temple and tower OF Ur.
EARLY ' Egyptian p pyramid: Especially MEDIUM and
the stepped pyramid of Sakkara. while the cause
whch t' OF w ins the temple " n:
sPhnH The SuestQn ofeh sn BY arGa
connected with the temple towers OF Chaidea or
possibility Of our reversing this question in tho
light of these discoveries az Nippur The pyramid.
and the resemblance between these and the towers
at Cr and Nippur is most striking. DR. flprecht
that Ur-Gur was the first to build these zlEgurats
and there is certainly trace Of such edinces In
and Xbu a." Ha5ba. the ancient sippara beng both
50 period an e EsHp na
dea as during the dynasty Of Ur.Gur Dums and and
their inscriptions found at Tello by NJ: Do
Sarzec. were in constant communication with
It was from this region that they obtained n:
hard dCEe and pOrphg 9 h sssss ana ana
holding the plan Of temple on his knees is most
that afp Of Statues of Khafra and MenEsra moreover
the scale engraved upon the tablet gives IS NE
Boscawen mas pointed out. the statue OF Gudea.
the architect. with the plan on his knees bears
of imhotep the Egyptian god OF mathematics.
who may be regarded as another form Of Phtah.
Nppur Ws MAY to 9s Ss Seson
OF Chaldean influence on Egypt. and indeed. possl-
SY massive platform Of crude Fix < Exeays:
ons 9oSw 9 much sess r the
being built of klln-burnt bricks OF great size.ths
M %hce Of n
scribed and bore the stamps OF sarson I and
a thousand years prior to the buildings OF Ur-Gur-
namely. b {. $500. FROM the inscriptions OF both
PORTIONS offF k'o Of an older sG temple Of Null for the bricks
bear the inscription. builder Of the temple or
Nf,,lii md lodi ted a
temple temple inscribed with their legends. These build:
Of h s'y vast 9fsn Fi%GV the Ss
the edidces CT ur-Gur ,
close the great rqmpart Mr HAYNES disc9ve,ea
Sr hanse there m was mo oorWy It Was Evidently n
a vault entered from above. Its floor rested upon
nuncation between the two strata, The INSCRIBED bed
bricks proved 1t to have been built by tr-G hit
coVery OF second chamber OF the same kind I'm.
medlatey below it. In this second chamber brick
stamps and some few tablets found in the
room The explanation Is now easy Round me
and brick stamps we're found The chambers were
the archye chambers Of the temple: the sma'Ier
stored by Cr-Gur. while the second was that Of the
kns is oG clear up that 5S 'Ge 81 s between the tim.
Of Urur ESQ: and The rse Of the 81 Ka ss
broken into and large numbers o, objects carried
away and the rest broken and scattered There
dur the terrible Elamite invasion in b. G ?2s;
| when all the principal temples were plaged ana
'" Mr. HAYNES. encouraged by the success OF his
In The sd he d to
| Of e25rn passing through the debris OF ruined
as S
! sructed drains. These remains prove the existence
al which al the most rapid rate Of debris
| accumulation cannot be assigned TO later date
| the Christian era This lowest stratum has been
much disturbed and the buildings piliased; 81 sun -
Babyonian civilization than We have ever seen seen
over twenty-sx thousand tablets as M TeI io, a
recovered from this ss is ,se be ,
Chambers Of both sargon and vr-Gur were saek: =
By the aa and this viii account Tor so Few IN:
scribed records being found in the lowest strata,
the pre-sargon period which had been removed to
the treasury of sargon and subsequently TO s tnas'
| Under a pavement OF Ur-Ninp. king OF the
ynss Of a G%"o other oses.
had been votive offerings TO the shrines OF Null ,a
from the earliest times Among these were some Sae
IL os h' d mSS' aFSpfS de a
linear inscription Of king named Luga-Kigue:
| Nidudu Upon this We find second lndorsemssnss
eSaraetsTs Here we have manifest proof Of The
| priority Of this monarch TO Sargon Among these
h rSsmsns Of over hundred vases BY
king named Lusal-zaggi-si 70 the temple iTo ion:
|
| OF his eyesight has constructed a complete text
| OF 1872 lines written in n most archaic character
| Fragments OF similar vases were round oeneatn
| the Sargonide pavement The most conciusVo
| proof however is afforded by the examination OF
these inscriptions along with the earliest :, monu
| ments from Teo. where they are round 70 form
| Complete historical series relating to aTatrs os
| which no mention Is found. either IN the tlme %
| Sargon or after. All OF these records relate 20
! series OF primitive wars and form certainly WAY.
ever their may be. the Oldest HISTORICAL reeoro'
known. 49,, ....,rt
| We have been able to give only briet accouInHs
| OF the wonderful work OF this campagn; Wn.sn n
| all on Mr. Haynes. For thirty-two months ne INsu
| alone among the widest Arab tribes In Mesopota'
mia IN an atmosphere OF fever varied with cholera
one determined but fortunately nnsncesssiu ,hss.
tempt was made upon his life yet amid az 49,
surroundings he lived and did the work o. .nres