TALBOT5445

B.M. ¹
May 8^th 62.

My dear Sir

I have just found the Urzana Cylinder in Layard,² he says that it is in the museum at the Hague – My authority for saying it belonged to Sir W. Ouneley is Cullimore,³ who first says it belongs to us and then gives it to Sir W. With regard to the mace head I feel nearly certain it does not belong to "Salmasar", as Rawlinson ⁴ calls the king you mention – for the only remains of the king are one or two bricks, which are inscribed with rather peculiarly formed characters, and were found, I believe, solely, at Kileh-Shergat – while this mace head was discovered at Koyunjik and is written in ordinary Assyrian characters –

This is a copy –
[two line cuneiform inscription]
The last character I cannot quite make out –

Believe me Yours very truly
William H. Coxe.

[envelope:]
H. F. Talbot Esq^re.
Millburn Tower
Edinburgh-