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'Extract from a letter addressed by Major Rawlinson to Mr Norris, dated Baghdad, 27 April 1847' in which he writes of Dr Hincks' discovery of the numerals of cuneiform of which he has no doubt that Hincks is right. He continues to write of the information he has been able to interpret from the inscriptions and his deciphering of some of the symbols.

'Extract from a letter addressed to Mr(Edwin) Norris by Major Rawlinson, dated Baghdad, 27 November 1846' in which he writes of inscriptions - that he thinks they may be relatively easy to interpret but that the language seems to be a compound of Turkish and Armenian and the names are apparently historical Kings of Armenia. He also writes of the progress of the excavations at Nineveh.

'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 is a connecting link and that old Egyptian may aid in deciphering. He is waiting for mail to come from Syria and hopes there will be something from Norris on the Babylonian excavations.

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Dr Whewell, Trinity College, Cambridge, to thank him for attending the Committee of gentlemen who examined and compared the translations of the Tiglath Pileser inscriptions by Sir Henry Rawinson, Mr Fox Talbot, Rev. Hincks and Dr Oppert. (Found on page 247)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to George Grote, [Wiliam] Milman and Sir G. Wilkinson to thank for their assistance in examining and comparing the translations of the Tiglath Pileser inscriptions and for their report. Their agreement is sought regarding the publication of the report together with a table of the several versions in parallel columns. (Found on page 247)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Henry Fox Talbot to express his concern that Talbot's translation and that of Sir Henry should be 'drawn up in same way'. Norris also tells Talbot that Dr Oppert is preparing a translation and that Rev Hincks has also been asked for a version. (Found on page 243)

Letter from Edwin Norris, Secretary, to Rev. Edward Hincks concerning Mr Fox Talbot's, an 'Assyrian enquirer', translation of the Tiglath Pileser cylindrical inscription, which it is requested should be sealed until Sir Henry Rawlinson has produced his translation in order that the two translations should be made independently of each other. Dr Oppert (French-German Assyriologist) has also suggested that he might attempt a similar translation. It has further been suggested by Sir Henry that Hincks might also like to prepare a translation and, if so, a lithograph of the original will be provided. Hinck's translation would also be 'under seal'. The four translations would be opened in public at the May meeting. Hincks is also asked about his investigations into the Armenian monuments which Norris had been disappointed not to receive. (Found on page 242)

Letter from Richard Clarke to Lord Palmerston, Foreign Secretary, to inform that the Society has done a lot of research on Cuneiform inscriptions under Major Rawlinson but they understand that a major 'find', a basalt slab 7'x 3' x 1' with cuneiform inscriptions has been located at Larcaca in Cyprus which might be available to HM Consul for a small fee and the slab then conveyed to England on one of HM ships. If this is not possible an alternative would be to take facsimiles of the slab and to forward these to London. A memorandum on how to prepare the impressions is enclosed. (Found on page 106)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Major H.C. Rawlinson concerning the extension of leave granted by the Court of the East India Company to Major Rawlinson so that he may complete his work on the translation of Cuneiform inscriptions. (Found on page 141)

Letter from Richard Clarke, Secretary, to Rev Dr Edward Hincks to thank for a copy of the alphabet of Second Persepolitan writing and a letter about same, together with a promise that he will be informed about any progress in the decipherment of the Median and Babylonian alphabet. He is also informed that research on this topic is proceeding 'in house' and that the Royal Asiatic Society has heard from Major Rawlinson, currently in Baghdad, who is carrying out research on the Behiston Inscription. (Found on page 61)