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Ink drawings of the frieze above the benched cress in the left changer of the courtyard of Cave No. 75 and of a partial frontal elevation of Cave No. 76, including a brief note on the state of preservation of ornamentation at time of documentation.

The material consists of a printed letter advertising the Friends of the Palestine Museums, and correspondence with the Royal Asiatic Society. Specifically:

• Printed letter from the Friends of the Palestine Museums explaining the purpose of the organisation and inviting others to join. It is undated and unsigned but is headed with a list of officers and members of Council of the organisation.
• Note from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary to Royal Asiatic Society, to Sir Edward Maclagan, President, to ask whether the Friends of the Palestine Museums should be brought up at the forthcoming Council meeting of the Society. The same piece of paper bears a reply from Maclagan suggesting there might be items that the Royal Asiatic Society could lend to the Friends of the Palestine Museums. Handwritten, dated 26 May 1932.
• Letter from Colonel Hoysted, Secretary to Royal Asiatic Society, to The Organising Secretary, Friends of the Palestine Museums, to state that the Society would wish to support the Friends and that he personally would be happy to help. He will send a list of the Society's members and will look through the Library for articles that may be of interest. Typed, dated 24 May 1932.
• Letter from F.J. Duncan, Organising Secretary, Friends of the Palestine Museums, to the Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for his letter and to ask if he may make an appointment to meet with Hoysted. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 30 May [1932].
• Letter from F.J. Duncan to Colonel Hoysted to thank him for the card with Dr Zwemet's address and to also thank regarding advice given. Handwritten with printed letterhead, dated 3 June [1932].

"Free as Air" - copy of news-cutting from Times Educational Supplement, for 15 September 1961 with review of The Problem of Value.

Description: Loose white and blue folios handwritten in ink kept inside a paper folder. Identified as West 47 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: "Some of the commoner Huzvarish words with their etymology [in Hebrew], arranged alphabetically" "Eramji Dastur Sohrabji Meharji Rana's Huz. & Pahl. Farjang Bombay A.Y. 1238." "Alphabetical list of Huzvarish verbs"

Menasce suggest these are mostly copies of earlier works.

Fragments of language notes and ethnographic notes. Handwritten, 38 pieces, undated.

Fragments of Chinese papers on script styles and bronze script, copies with handwritten bibliographical annotations on one page.

Description: Blue soft cover notebook with ruled pages, handwritten in ink. Identified as West 43 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents: "From the latter part of the Khrudesh Avesta MS. F2 (see vol. 18, p.163)" Description and table of contents of "Miscellaneous MSS. from Earl Crawford's library at Haigh House, Nigam" Vol I - IV Description and short note on "Dasama Padsha-ka Granth, one of the sacred books of the Sikhs" "Prithvi-raj-ki katha, vol IV" from p769 - 775 transliterated

Description: Loose white and blue folios handwritten in pencil and ink. Identified as West 44 in de Menasce handlist'
Contents: Fragments of translations from the Kārnāmak i Ardašīr, Andarz, Pahlavi Vidẽvdāt and others plus "notes on Vendidad Kandahti".

Fragmented drafts of Poems of the Late T'ang, with translations of some poems by Du Fu, Meng Jiao, Han Yu, Li Ho and Li Shangyin.

Three pieces of fragmentary lines, belonging to a Persian manuscript.