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7 Bays Hill Terrace
Cheltenham March 16. 1867
Dear Sir,
I am very much obliged by the ‘Assyrian Translations’ you have so kindly sent me. I observe that the Khammurabi inscriptions have been published by M. Menant, and I will not therefore trouble you to make any copy for me, but shall gratefully receive any spare copies of your papers with which you may be able to favour me.
The ballad on the subject of the jewels and their restoration is very remarkable and very interesting. It was evidently sung to music with a refrain or chorus at the end of each stanza. The rhyme of the 2d and 4h line of each stanza is very remarkable.
I have only lately taken up the object of these inscriptions and am much interested in them.
I remain Dear Sir Yours Faithfully
D. W. Nash
W. H. Fox Talbot Esq
[envelope, annotated by WHFT "Mr Nash. Cheltenham":]
H Fox Talbot Esq
13 Great Stuart Street
Edinburgh