TALBOT9814

British Museum

October 7^th 1871

My dear Sir

I forward part of proof of p.5 of my Syllabary which explains the character you want the phonetic values are given further on in the Table <cuneiform> is <cuneiform> a-kul in one Tablet now before me, I will send you a copy of Syllabary next week it is not quite corrected yet

We have I think over 2.000 Mythology tablets and fragments but I do not recollect ever seeing a notice of a future life on any cuneiform Inscription and I think no student has published any thing on this – I await your paper with interest

Yours respectfully

George Smith

H. Fox Talbot Esq