A Panizzi Esq
[added in another hand:] C. 19 Dec 1863.
[receiving stamp with number added in ink:] British Museum 20 Nov. 1863 No. P 9847
8 Rutland Square Edinburgh
Nov. 19 –63
Dr Sir
I should be very much obliged to you, if You would allow a Copy to be sent to me of the Collection of Photographs of clay tablets bearing cuneiform inscription, which were made some years ago by direction of the Trustees. This series of documents would be of great use to me in the prosecution of my researches into the Assyrian languages, and a copy of them has been presented to M. Oppert, who quotes it frequently in his work
Expedition scientifique en Mesopotamie.
Copies have likewise been presented to Sir H. Rawlinson and others.
I remain Dr Sir Yours vy truly
H. Fox Talbot