It will not be necessary to describe minutely this site, as in general character it closely resembles the other ruins of Assyria.

Long lines of low mounds mark the position of the old walls, and show that the shape of the city was quadrangular.

The chief object is a large square mound or platform, two miles and a half in circumference, and in places a hundred feet above the level of the plain, composed in part of sun-dried bricks, in part of natural eminences, and exhibiting occasionally remains of a casing of hewn stone, which may once have encircled the whole structure.

About midway on the north side of the platform, and close upon its edge, is a high cone or pyramid.

The rest of the platform is covered with the remains of walls and with heaps of rubbish, but does not show much trace of important buildings.