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Add MS 47619
- Record Id:
- 040-002103961
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002103959
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00015a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 47619
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Vol. I (ff. i+50). Circ. 1837. Chief contents:-
(1) Eleven inscriptions in three languages (published in E. Burnouf, Mémoire sur deux inscriptions cunéiformes trouvées près d'Hamadan, 1836, and R. G. Kent, Old Persian, 1950, pp. 147, 152). ff. 1-5.
(2) Attempted transcription of parts of the Behistun inscription according to the systems of G. F. Grotefend (ff. 12-15), E. Burnouf (ff. 13b, 14b) and Rawlinson himself. ff. 12-28.
(3) Drawings of figures at Behistun, Hamadan and Sheikhan. ff. 50- 49b (reversed).
(4) Rawlinson's keys to the decipherment, circ. 1837 (f. 44, reversed) and circ. 1838 (f. 27).
(5) Miscellaneous copies, etc. ff. 6-10, 48b-44b (reversed).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002103959
036-002103960
040-002103961 - Is part of:
- Add MS 47619-47662 : RAWLINSON PAPERS Notebooks of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Bart., G.C.B. (b. 1810, d. 1895), relating to…
Add MS 47619-47621 : RAWLINSON PAPERS. Vols. I-III. Notebooks relating to the decipherment of the Old Persian cuneiform inscription of Behistun.…
Add MS 47619 : Vol. I (ff. i+50). Circ. 1837. Chief contents:- (1) Eleven inscriptions in three languages (published in E. Burnouf, Mémoire sur… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002103959[0001]/036-002103960[0001]/040-002103961
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 47619-47662
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1832
- End Date:
- 1843
- Date Range:
- 1832-1843
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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