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Art. IV.— Comparative Translations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

W. H. Fox Talbot ,
E. Hincks ,
Oppert  and
Henry C. Rawlinson
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In March, 1857, the Royal Asiatic Society received from Mr. Fox Talbot, in a sealed, packet, a translation of a Cuneiform inscription on a cylinder, bearing the name of Tiglath Pileser; the first of the inscriptions lithographed under the superintendence of Sir Henry Rawlinson by authority of the Trustees of the British Museum under the sanction of the Government. The object of Mr. Talbot in sending his translation in this manner to the Society is best explained by the following note, with which the packet was accompanied:—

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 18 , January 1861 , pp. 150 - 219
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1861

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page 151 note 1 Many lines, however, of difficult construction, or uncertain meaning, bare been left untranslated.

page 168 note 1 This is the conclusion of what may be called the preamble. The rest of the inscription is written in a simpler style.