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 ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE THE PRINCIPAL TYPES. the names of the earliest Chaldsean princes may be read upon their bricks. 1 The remains studied by Messrs. Taylor and Loftus at Warka (Fig. 172), Abou-Sharein, and Mugheir have furnished the chief elements for our restoration, which bears a strong resemblance to the ruin at Warka called Bouvariia (A on the map), and one still stronger to that temple at Mugheir whose present FIG. 172. Map of Warka with its ruins ; from Loftus. A, Bouvariia ; B, Wuswas ; C, ruin from the Parthian epoch ; D, building decorated with coloured cones (see page 279). state is shown in our Figs. 48 and 143. This first type is characterized by the form of its lower, and the situation of its upper, stages. The latter are not placed in the centre of the platform on which they stand ; they are thrown back much nearer to one of the two shorter sides than to the other, so 1 LOFTUS, Travels, &c.,p. 131. See also TAYLOR'S papers in vol. xv. of the Royal Asiatic Society 's Journal.