Description: Loose folios handwritten in ink. Plus an offprint in soft cover. Identified as part of West 56 in de Menasce handlist.
Contents:

• "Kura Inscriptions"
• Ellora Inscriptions
• "Note: On a Pehlevi Inscription in the Dublin Museum" by L.C. Casartelli, handwritten on cover, "Congrès de Paris 1897"
• "Shailanwadi Inscription Dec. 15th 1864"
• "Junir Inscriptions"
• "Inscriptions from the Chamber on the Nana Ghant Scale 1/20/ On the left, or eastern, sidewall of the chamber"
• "Cave of B[h]idsa"
• "Nasik cave inscriptions"
• "Ajunta"

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Sir George Thomas Staunton in which he writes that he is returning to India after two years in Syria, Palestine and Asia Minor. The fine climate of Syria has improved his health. He intends returning to India through Persia. He sends with the letter copies of inscriptions to be presented to the Royal Asiatic Society. He writes to warn that a parcel of his had been lost last December. He writes of his thoughts on archaeology after the success of Messrs Layard and Botha at Nineveh. Please note that part of this letter is over-written by Newbold - the writing being both horizontally and vertically on the page.

These Papers contain a single item entitled: "A Translation of the Standard inscription, and of the great slab, or Altar, found in the ruins of Nimrud by Captain Ormsby, Indian Navy". The translation is contained with a soft-cover notebook which gives details of the inscriptions. The notebook has a marbled cover which has come loose from the pages.

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.