171. Add MS 88942/1/159
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88942/1/159
- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('Inscription of Esarhaddon')
- Scope & Content:
- This notebook contains what is probably Talbot's final draft of his translation of the inscription of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (681–669 BC), to which Talbot dedicated much of his time from the mid 1850s. For further translation drafts, see Add MS 88942/1/156-158, and Add MS 88942/1/160.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian and English
- Date Range:
- between 1875-1877
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (20 folios, 17 pages of text), 1 loose sheet (1 folio, 1 page of text)