London Sept 12. 1856

Dear Sir

You appear to require that a scriptural name should be identical with one found in the inscriptions before they can become fit subjects of Comparison. But upon that principle we should have to exclude, in the passage under consideration, the name of Pharaoh king of Egypt, first proposed I believe by yourself, and which I admit to be highly probable, although not identical with the Assyrian form.

In fact, had the name of Pharaoh been unknown to us it would not have been suggested by the Assyrian. I must maintain the correctness, or at least high probability, of the reading Istamar. As for the title amir I once thought that I had found that title used in the inscript^ns but discovered my error in so rendering it, and I now think that word was unknown to the Assyrians at least that we have no example of it. Many thanks for pointing out the title of Grotefend's work. Perhaps I may be able to find a copy in the B. Museum

Believe me Dear Sir Yours ever Truly

H. F. Talbot

Rev^d D^r Hincks