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81. Add MS 88942/1/139

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Add MS 88942/1/139
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('V')
Scope & Content:
The notebook is the continuation of Add MS 88942/1/138, and contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and the Greek language. It carefully discusses the meaning of individual words. Upside down (back to front) are notes headed 'Rough Work'. The inside front cover contains an index of words.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 70 pages of text)

82. Add MS 88942/1/140

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Add MS 88942/1/140
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('VI')
Scope & Content:
The notebook is the continuation of notebook 'V' (Add MS 88942/1/139) and contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and the Greek language. It has an index of words discussed. The notebook is incomplete and most pages are blank.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and Hebrew
Date Range:
c 1856
Extent:
1 notebook (46 folios, 29 pages of text)

83. Add MS 88942/1/141

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Add MS 88942/1/141
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Assyrica')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on Greek and Assyrian cuneiform text discussing individual Assyrian words and their meaning. It includes a few notes in Arabic, references to Hebrew and to mythology. The inside back cover lists an index of words. Notebook started: Millburn Tower, [Edinburgh], 10 Nov...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Arabic, English, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1862-[1863]
Extent:
1 notebook (32 folios, 65 pages of text)

84. Add MS 88942/1/143

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Add MS 88942/1/143
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Additional Matter')
Scope & Content:
Brief notes on an Assyrian text related to the Bellino Cylinder (British Museum). The final pages appear to be notes for a talk. Altogether, the notebook contains only three pages of text. The notebook is not dated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1865?-1866?
Extent:
1 notebook (32 folios, 5 pages of text)

85. Add MS 88942/1/144

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Add MS 88942/1/144
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Bellino')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains a late draft of the second translation of the 'Inscription of Bellino' (1860), dated 16 March 1860 on a later page but started earlier. It contains notes on 'Inscription of Michaux'. Notebook started: 22 Oct 1859.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1859-1860
Extent:
1 notebook (20 folios, 41 pages of text)

86. Add MS 88942/1/145

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Add MS 88942/1/145
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Michaux continued')
Scope & Content:
Continuing Add MS 88942/1/144, this notebook contains an improved draft of the second translation of the 'The Inscription of Bellino' (1860), and includes notes for 'Inscription of Michaux'. Notebook started: 14 Apr 1860.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 44 pages of text)

87. Add MS 88942/1/146

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/146
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Egyptian Archaeology')
Scope & Content:
Front to back: The front part of the notebook contains only three lines on 'Egyptian Archaeology' (1856), referring to the Lotus flower. The back-to-front part (1857) contains an intermediate draft of the famous transcription and translation of the 'Inscription of Tiglath Pileser I', six weeks ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1856-1857
Extent:
1 notebook (71 folios, 70 pages of text)

88. Add MS 88942/1/147

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Add MS 88942/1/147
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('The Octagon of the Tiglath Pileser I')
Scope & Content:
This notebook continues notebook Add MS 88942/1/146 with the translation of 'Tiglath Pileser'. See also Add MS 88942/1/148. Notebook started: 20 Feb 1857.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 22 pages of text), 1 loose sheet (1 folio, 2 pages of text)

89. Add MS 88942/1/148

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Add MS 88942/1/148
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Tiglath')
Scope & Content:
Contains notes on the Tiglath Pileser inscription. Contains a late revision of earlier translations of the published Tiglath Pileser inscription (1857). See also Add MS 88942/1/146-147.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 notebook (32 folios, 13 pages of text)

90. Add MS 88942/1/149

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88942/1/149
Title:
Talbot: 'The Revolt in Heaven / from a Chaldean Tablet'
Scope & Content:
Manuscript of Talbot, 'The Revolt in Heaven', on loose sheets. See Add MS 88942/1/150-151 for related material.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
[1876]
Extent:
27 ff.