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LAYARD PAPERS. CXLVII (ff. 161). Miscellaneous papers and accompts relating to A. H. Layard's excavations for the Trustees of the British Museum, circ. 1846-1851. Among them are: 1. Minutes of meeting of the Trustees, etc., signed by Rev. Josiah Forshall, Secretary, 1846, 1848. ff. 14, 29, 30.

2. Copies made by M[arianne] L[ayard], Layard's mother, for [Capt.] A. J. Layard, his brother, from The Builder, 7, 14 Nov. 1846, of (a) a letter from Layard on his discoveries at Nimrûd, dated 18 May, 1846; (b) Layard's account of the ruins of the Palace of Al Hather, Mesopotamia, as laid before the Institute of Architects, 2 Nov. 1846. f. 18.

3. Prospectuses of Layard's Monuments of Nineveh, 1849. Printed. f. 31.

4. Copy of a review (unidentified) of Layard's Nineveh and its Remains, 1849. f. 37.

5. Memorandum by Reginald Stuart Poole, Keeper of Coins and Medals at the British Museum I870-1893, on Roman coins, tempp. Vespasian-Septimius Severus, found during excavations in Assyria; circ. 1852. Extracts from this memorandum appear in Nineveh and Babylon, 1853, pp. 591, 592. f. 50.

6. Report by Edward Hawkins [Keeper of Antiquities at the British Museum 1826-1860] on the weighing at the Mint of the "Assyrian duck-formed weights," 1852. Copy. f. 63.

7. Memoranda by J[ames] Tennant, [F.G.S.,] on geological specimens collected by Layard, 1852. Holograph. ff. 68, 69.

8. Accompts, circ. 1846-1851. f. 90. Folio.

British Museum: Minutes, accompts, etc., rel. to Sir A. H. Layard's excavations: 1846-1851.

Assyria: Papers rel. to Sir A. H. Layard's excavations, etc., in: circ. 1845-1851.

Antiquities: Papers of Sir A. H. Lavard rel. to his excavations in Assyria, etc.: 1840-1862.

Nineveh, Assyria: Papers rel. to Sir A. H. Layard's excavations at: circ. 1845-1851.

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f. 1 Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: A. H. Layard, sketches of sculptures near the Shikefti Salman, Plain of Mal-Amir: circ. 1846.
f. 1 Shikefti Salman, Persia: Sketches by Sir A. H. Layard of sculptures near: circ. 1846.
ff. 17, 29 b, 30 Reverend Josiah Forshall, Keeper of Manuscripts, afterwards Secretary, British Museum: Minutes of Trustees signed by: 1846, 1848.
ff. 18-24 Marianne Layard, mother of Sir A H Layard: Letters of Sir A. H. Layard, etc.: copied by.
f. 19 b Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1891.
ff. 29, 30 George, Duke of Cambridge: Minutes of thanks expressed by, for the Trustees of the British Aluseum, to Sir A. 11. Layard: 1848.
f. 50 Numismatics: Note on Roman coins, A.D. 74-201, found in Assyria by Sir A. H. Layard: circ. 1852.
f. 50 Assyria: Memorandum by R. S. Poole on Roman Coins (A.D. 74-201) found by Sir A. H. Layard in: circ 1852.
f. 50 Reginald Stuart Poole, of the British Museum; Keeper of Coins and Medals: Memorandom on Roman coins , 74-201, found in Assyria by Sir A. H. Layard: circ. 1852.
f. 62 Numismatics: Drawing of tetradrachm of Timarchus of Babylonia B.C. 169 ;: 1852.
f. 62 Timarchus, of Babylonia: Drawing of tetradrachm of B.C. 169: 1852.
f. 62 Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet: Drawing of Babylonian tetra-drachm: n.d.
f. 63 Edward Hawkins, the younger; FRS; FSA; Keeper of Antiquities, British Museum; d.1867: Report on weighing Assyrian duck-formed weights: 1852.: Copy.
ff. 64, 65 Reverend Edward Hincks, orientalist: Assyriological notes: circ. 1852.
ff. 68, 69 Geology: Notes on specimens collected in Assyria by Sir A. H. Layard: 1852.
ff. 68, 69 James Tennant, FGS: Notes on Sir A. H. Layard's geological specimens.: 1852.
ff. 71-73 Samuel Birch, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum: Egyptological notes: mid 19th cent.
ff. 90-161 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Accompts at Nineveh: 1846-1852.
ff. 90-161 Accompts: Sir A. H. Layard, at Nineveh: 1846-1852.
ff. 92, 93, 99 b Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet: Accompts rel. to excavations: circ. 1847.
f. 102 Shahin ibn 'Abd Allah: Receipt to Sir A. H. Layard: 1847.: Arabic.: Seal.
f. 105 b Richard Pearson, of the British Museum: Museum accompt by: 1848.
f. 108 Henry James Ross, banker in Alexandria: Accompt rel. to Sir A. H. Layard's excavations: 1848.
ff. 111-158 passim Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Accompts, as assistant to Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1851.
f. 118 Major-General Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball, KCSI: Accompt rel. to Sir A. H, Layard's Assyrian excavations: 1850.
f. 125 Captain James Felix Jones, of the E India Co. service: Letters, etc., to Sir A. H. Layard: 1850-1878.

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Add MS 38931-39164 : THE LAYARD PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and papers, private and official, of Sir Austen Henry Layard, P.C., G.C.B., D.C.L.,…

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1841

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1856

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c 1846-c 1851

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Birch, Samuel, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum, 1813-1885
British Museum, 1753-
Forshall, Josiah, Reverend Keeper of Manuscripts afterwards Sec British Museum
George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge, army officer, 1819-1904
Hawkins, Edward, the younger, museum curator and numismatist, 1780-1867
Hincks, Edward, clergyman and orientalist, 1792-1866
Jones, James Felix, naval officer, political agent and surveyor, 1813?-1878
Kemball, Arnold Burrowes, Knight, army and political officer, 1820-1908
Layard, Austen Henry, GCB, archaeologist and politician, 1817-1894
Layard, Marianne, mother of Sir A H Layard
Pearson, Richard, of the British Museum
Poole, Reginald Stuart, of the British Museum, Keeper of Coins and Medals
Rassam, Hormuzd, assyriologist, archaeologist and diplomat, 1826-1910
Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, 1st Baronet, Assyriologist and diplomatist, 1810-1895
Ross, Henry James, banker in Alexandria
Shahin ibn 'Abd Allah
Tennant, James, FGS
Timarchus, of Babylonia

Places:

Assyria, Asia
Nineveh, Assyria
Shikefti Salman, Persia