Hinc pars fluminis scinditur, largis aquarum agminibus ducens ad tractus Babylonos interiores, usui agris futura et civitatibus circumiectis, alia Naarmalcha nomine, quod fluvius regum interpretatur, Ctesiphonta praetermeat, cuius in exordio turris in modum Phari celsior surgit.
Here a part of the river is drawn off by large canals which take the water into the interior parts of Babylonia, for the use of the fields and the neighbouring cities; another part, Naarmalcha by name, which being interpreted means the kings river, flows past Ctesiphon. Where it begins, a tower of considerable height rises, like the Pharos.
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