TALBOT2833

44 Cornmarket
Oxford

May 18. 1874

Dear M^r Fox Talbot

Thank you for your prompt reply to my query

The following is the Inscription Layard Series 2. ¹ Pl. 49

<cuneiform text>

There is a little doubt about the last group which I have marked thus (x) because there is a flaw in the stone – The Inscription is in the <illegible> of a plan, which Loftus from personal examination says must be that of Susa. – The question is whether the Cuneiform characters can fairly be so read.

Tell y^r son, ² with my Compts, that I have been looking forward to his promised visit to Oxford He will find me here every week for the next six months generally 4 days in each week, if he will give me 2 or 3 days notice – Could not you come too?

Ever sincerely y^rs

W. S .W. Vaux

H. Fox Talbot Esq