Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1952 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
One notebook, handwritten
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
This notebook came to the RAS archives as part of the Reginald Campbell Thompson papers, donated by John Nicholas Postgate in 2024. It was previously catalogued as RCT/6, as part of the Reginald Campbell Thompson collection. However, it was later… read more
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The notebook was acquired from John Nicholas Postgate via the Griffith Institute of Oxford.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebook containing catalogue entries of the Assyrian letters inscribed on clay tablets that were found at the excavations led by Max Mallowan, archaeologist and academic, at Nimrud, Iraq in 1952. Each entry records the measurements of the clay tablet,… read more
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open. Please contact the archivist.
Language of material
- English
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Details about the Nimrud excavations in 1952 can be found in Max Mallowan's book 'Twenty-five years of Mesopotamian discovery, 1932-1956', a copy of which is available at the RAS Library.
Publication note
The letters were later published by H. W. F. Saggs in consecutive volumes of the journal 'Iraq', and in his volume 'The Nimrud Letters, 1952'.
Notes area
Note
This collection was catalogued by James Liu, RAS Archivist, in March 2025.