They are stamped, one and all, with the name and titles of Nebuchadnezzar.

The mortar in which they are laid is a fine lime cement, which adheres so closely to the bricks that it is difficult to obtain a specimen entire.

In the dust at the foot of the walls are numerous fragments of brick, painted, and covered with a thick enamel or glaze.

Here, too, have been found a few fragments of sculptured stone, and slabs containing an account of the erection of a palatial edifice by Nebuchadnezzar.

Near the northern edge of the mound, and about midway in its breadth, is a colossal figure of a lion, rudely carved in black basalt, standing over the prostrate figure of a man with arms outstretched.