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Sasanian Inscriptions
GB 891 EWW-EWW/1-EWW/1/84 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

Description: Loose folios. Handwritten in ink, with original envelope. Identified as part of West 56 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:

  • "Transcriptions of Inscriptions. . ., from Ouseley's Travels in the East Vol. 2 p. 42"
  • several folios with presumably transliterated Pahlavi inscriptions
  • "Naksh-i-Rustam Sasanian Inscription"
  • short note on the Sasanian inscriptions
  • "Transcript of the Inscription behind horse at Naksh-i Rustom"
  • "Transcript of Hajibad Inscription"
  • multiple folios of tracing paper with inscriptions
  • word meanings from Persian, Hebrew, and possibly Pahlavi written on the back of a poster of "Carlyle's Manifold Writer"
  • hand drawn copy of "Conclusion of the imperfect Pahlavi inscription of 70 lines from Naksh-i Rustam"
  • "Trilingual Inscriptions on chests of horses in bas-relief at end of hill . . ."
  • "On northern bas-relief" at Naqsh-i-Rustom; "Pahlavi Inscriptions"
West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 EWW-EWW/3-EWW/3/17 · File · [1844 - 1905]
Part of Papers of Edward William West

"Proofs of Facsimile of the Naqsh-i Rastan Inscription published in the Indian Antiquary corrected by EW West". Four pages of proofs plus a tracing of "Ten Pahlavi signatures appended to copperplate Grant to a Syrian Church in Southern India of probably the first half of the ninth century A.D.". All within a blue paper folder with the title handwritten on it.

West Edward William 1824-1905
GB 891 TJN · Fonds · 1842 - 1851

Correspondence and Papers written by Captain Thomas John Newbold between 1842 and 1849. The majority of the correspondence is from Newbold to Richard Clarke, the Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society. The Papers were mainly sent by Newbold to be read at the Society or published in its Journal.

Newbold Thomas John 1807-1850 East India Company soldier
GB 891 JSK · Fonds · [1860 - 1910]

A set of handwritten notes concerning inscriptions. They are titled:

  • The Naqbu-i-Hajar Inscription with commentary
  • The Hisn Ghurāb Inscription
  • Nouvelles Études sur L'Epigraphie du Yemen par MM Joseph et Hartwig Derenbourg
  • Minoean B.M. 92 Glaser 284
  • Comparative Alphabet
King J. Stuart Vice Consul at Zeila
GB 891 EWW · Fonds · 1844 - 1905

The Papers of Edward William West reflect his interest in Pahlavi language and Zoroastrianism. The majority are handwritten notebooks and other manuscripts in which he did his work. These often have many inserts. There are also loose handwritten notes, some correspondence and some printed material.

West Edward William 1824-1905 Translator of Pahlavi Texts, Engineer