TALBOT8059

R As Soc. ¹
19^th March, 1860

My dear Sir,

Last week I proposed to Panizzi ² that we should publish all that is done, without waiting for the Liste raisonnée from Rawlinson, ³ from whom I have not received a word since his departure; this day we have reports that he is about to return shortly, so that I cannot say what may be the result of my proposition to the British Museum; but I hope the issue of the sheets may not be delayed much longer.

In regard to the printing of your paper in our Journal, ⁴ I understood from you that you would very soon send me a copy of Grotefend’s cylinder ⁵ transliterated in the usual way, in roman [sic] letters, to accompany the translation; I did not therefore bring the printing before our Council, but I will do so, if you wish, though I should be better pleased to see the transliteration accompany the translation.

I think it would be well to put the 63-line cylinder in Rawlinson’s second volume, as the one in the British Museum series is so incorrect: here and there however, I have found a character better expressed in the latter than in Grotefend’s copy, but very rarely.

I have made as good a collation as I could of the three [illegible] inscriptions and have sent the result to Rawlinson for his imprimatum [sic] Even with all the copies there remain still very many lacunæ; but a [illegible] is legible.

I remain my dear Sir yours faithfully
Edwin Norris

H Fox Talbot, Esq
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