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1. Add MS 88942/1/112-115

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Add MS 88942/1/112-115
Title:
Talbot: Notebooks (Athenaeum Club Vol I A-Vol IV D)
Scope & Content:
It was presumably at the Athenaeum Club, to which Talbot was elected in 1824, that the notebook series Add MS 88942/1/112-115 came into being. The series is not characterised by a clear purpose or specific goal. The contents of the notebooks varies, ranging from transliterations, notes on transla...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, and Latin
Date Range:
1855-1856
Extent:
4 notebooks

2. Add MS 88942/1/112

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Add MS 88942/1/112
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Vol I A')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains draft translations of cuneiform inscriptions from Nimrud and Nineveh in the British Museum. Talbot transliterates Assyrian into English script and copies the signs. In addition to the translations, there are further notes on the right hand page as well as more notes and co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 notebook (40 folios, 48 pages of text)

3. Add MS 88942/1/113

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Add MS 88942/1/113
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Vol II B')
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on Assyrian Cuneiform text and Greek. It includes a decipherment of an unpublished text (possibly a drawing) by Layard. On the final page, Talbot has noted 'Contents of this vol'. Notebook started: 21 May 1855 (Athenaeum Club).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 notebook (20 folios, 39 pages of text)

4. Add MS 88942/1/115

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Add MS 88942/1/115
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Vol IV D')
Scope & Content:
This notebook (‘Athenaeum Club, Sept 11th 1856’) contains notes on Assyrian subjects, and begins with the heading 'From Layard's MSS'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and Latin
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 notebook (20 folios, 39 pages of text)

5. Add MS 88942/1/114

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Add MS 88942/1/114
Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Vol III C')
Scope & Content:
A note on the last page indicates that pp. 4-22 relate to the Annals of Ashurakhbal. The notebook contains notes on shorter inscriptions of monuments. There are page numbers in pencil. Another important inscription Talbot dealt with was the Bellino Cylinder, named after the German philologist Ka...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 notebook (22 folios, 32 pages of text)

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