Society of Biblical Archæology,
9, Conduit Street, W.
11th Oct 1872
My Dear Sir
Thanks for your obliging Note and still more obliging acquiesence [sic] in My request. The Papers will therefore be
1. An Assyrian Prayer H Fox Talbot. E <1>
2 Assyrian R. beliefs H. F. T. <2>
3 On the Site of the Tomb of Jacob Prof Donaldson DLL
I am very glad that you are going to examine the religious beliefs in detail, with the illustrative texts.
Are there not many unpublished Oman Tablets? And Mythical charms. do you intend to include these in your future studies?
It is a great service to the Society when a few Months Notice of papers is secured, as it enables cognate subjects to be grouped together, and that an Alternation of Assyriology, Egyptology and Natural History Obtained
I remain My Dear Sir Yours fatly
W. R. Cooper Sec
H. Fox Talbot E. DLL. FRS.
[envelope:]
Henry Fox Talbot. E. DCL. FRS.
&c &c &c
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts
Notes:
1. WHFT, 'A Prayer and a Vision, from the Annals of Assirbanipal, King of Assyria', read 5 November 1872, Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology, v. 1 pt. 2, December 1872, pp. 346-348.
2. WHFT, 'On the Religious Belief of the Assyrians, Part II', read 5 November 1872, Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archæology, v. 2 pt. 1, July 1873, pp. 29-49.