Identificatie
referentie code
GB 891 RAS GOV7-RAS GOV7/6
Titel
Extract from a letter from Major Rawlinson, 7 December 1846
Datum(s)
- 7th Dec 1846 (Vervaardig)
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Bestanddeel
Omvang en medium
0.75 page handwritten
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Biografie
Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, GCB FRS KLS (5 April 1810 – 5 March 1895) was a British East India Company army officer, politician and Orientalist, known for his decipherment of cuneiform inscriptions and therefore sometimes described as the Father of Assyriology.
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Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
'Extract from a letter from Major Rawlinson to Mr (Edwin) Norris, dated Baghdad, 7 December 1846' in which he writes of his discovered inscriptions that their language is different to Babylonian though written in Babylonian characters. He thinks Assyrian… read more
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Taal van het materiaal
- Engels
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Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Rawlinson Henry Creswicke 1810-1895 (Onderwerp)