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Place Nimrud, Assyria

1. Add MS 21258 A-C

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Add MS 21258 A-C
Title:
COLOURED plans of the mound of Nimrood and the mound and palace of Kouyunjik in Assyria, as explored by W[illiam] K[ennett] Loftus, F.G.S., in 1855; showing his own discoveries and those of [Austin Henry] Layard and H[ormuzd] Rassam
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Drawn by W. Boutcher. Three paper rolls. XIXth cent. William Kennett Loftus: Plans of his explorations at Nimroud and Konyunjik: 1855. Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Plans of explorations at Nimroud and Kouyunjik: 19th cent. Kouyunjik, Assyria: Plans of the mound...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 39076

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Add MS 39076
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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CXLVI (ff. 55). 1. 'Notes to accompany Plans of excavations at Nimroud.' A rough draft of the notes to Plan III is in Add. MS. 39077, ff. 2-13, and a sketch of Plan III itself is in Add. MS. 39055, f. 27b. f. 1. 2. 'Description of Plan of Excavations in Kouyunjik.' f. 43. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1847
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 40637

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Add MS 40637
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EIGHTEEN letters from A[usten] H[enry] Layard (G.C.B. 1878) to Sir Stratford Canning (afterwards Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe), Ambassador at Constantinople, relative chiefly to his excavations at Nimroud, of which an account was published in Nineveh and Its Remains, 1849; Pera, 30 Sept. 1845-Mosul, 1 June 1846. Preceded (f. 1) by a letter from the Rev. J[osiah] Forshall, Secretary of the British Museum, to Sir Stratford Canning, returning Layard's letters after transcription, 23 Oct. 184...
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Nimrud, Assyria: Letters from A. H. Layard to Sir S. Canning rel. to excavations at: 1845-1846. Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Letters to Sir S. Canning: 1845-1846. Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe: Letters to, from A. H. Layard: 1845-1846. Anti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845-1846
Extent:
1 item