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2. Add MS 88942/1/137
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- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook (''Miscellanea Assyria Vol. III'')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook contains notes on Assyrian cuneiform text and continues the previous notebook. Talbot tries to find out which elements he can compare with other languages. In the notebook he gives up Greek and Latin for the comparison and works on Semitic languages while refering to Gesen''s Semiot...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Syriac
- Date Range:
- 1855
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (46 folios, 93 pages of text)
3. Add MS 88942/1/135
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- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Assyria Vol I')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook concerns 'Assyrian & Babylonian inscriptions' and includes notes on Sir Henry Rawlinson's work on various tablets and objects in the British Museum. Talbot attempts to translate by looking at individual words, making comparisons with Latin and Greek, by comparing his ideas to th...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Akkadian, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 29 Jun 1853
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (39 folios, 48 pages of text)
4. Add MS 88942/1/136
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- Title:
- Talbot: Notebook ('Miscellanea Assyria Vol II')
- Scope & Content:
- The notebook considers 'signs whose value is required' and testifies to Talbot's interest in cuneiform based on his knowledge of ancient Persian. He studies the names of Greek gods and sign variation, makes cross linguistic comparisons and looks at grammatical forms. Talbot uses Botta's, Hinck's...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Akkadian, Akkadian, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Latin, and Persian, Old
- Date Range:
- 1853
- Extent:
- 1 notebook (62 folios, 127 pages of text)