The notebook contains notes for Part I of 'Contributions towards a Glossary of the Assyrian Language' (1868). See also the notebooks Add MS 88942/1/68-105.
The notebook begins with the heading: 'The fight betwn Bel & the Dragon'. It contains a draft introduction and translation notes. There are three Talbot notebooks related to Bel and the Dragon, from the extended book of Daniel, now known to be part of the Babylonian epic of creation (see al...
The notebook is in the form of an A-Z address book, utilised as a convenient means of recording an A-Z Assyrian lexicon. It includes references to publications and cross-references to other Talbot notebooks, e.g. Add MS 88942/1/133 "Φ". Lacock, 15 September 1868.
This notebook is possibly a continuation of notebook Add MS 88942/1/141. It contains footnotes and corrections and has an index of words in the back cover. Lacock, 10 Nov 1864.
The notebook is the continuation of Add MS 88942/1/152, containing notes on Assyrian cuneiform text including words relating to religion. Most of the pages are blank.
Draft translation of an inscription of Esarhaddon from a cylinder in the British Museum. The translation deals with the inscription of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (681 – 669 BC). See also Add MS 88942/1/157-160. Notebook started: 17 Dec 1858.
Address book (A-Z) containing an Assyrian word index. This notebook might be Talbot's first systematic notebook on Assyrian. The date of the latest entries might be much later than 1858.
Almost all pages are cut out from this notebook (possibly because Talbot submitted them as a draft for a publication), leaving only two pages of notes with further notes written on the inside back cover. These comprise a draft of an introduction for a translation of either the Taylor or the Belli...
The notebook contains translation notes on an Assyrian cuneiform text. Many blank pages. On the inside front cover, Talbot has noted the address 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh (a property purchased by Talbot in 1864/65).