Abbreviations
Add.MS. |
British Library, Department of Manuscripts, Additional Manuscripts. |
C. |
British Museum, Central Archives, Minutes of the Trustees’ Standing Committee meetings. |
cen |
Thompson, Reginald Campbell and R.W. Hutchinson. 1929. A Century of Exploration at Nineveh. London: Luzac & Co. |
Layard Papers |
British Library, Department of Manuscripts, A.H. Layard’s papers, bound and catalogued as Additional Manuscripts. |
Letter Book |
British Museum, Central Archives, Letter Books. |
LN 1 |
Add.MS. 39.076, ff. 44–55, Layard’s field notes for his excavations in Sennacherib’s palace in April–June 1847. |
LN 1 Plan |
Or.Dr. IV, 83, Layard’s fair copy of his site plan of the part of Sennacherib’s palace excavated in April–June 1847. |
LN 2A, 2C, 2E |
Add.MS. 39.089, vols. A, C, and E include Layard’s field notes and sketch plans for his excavations in Sennacherib’s palace from October 1849–April 1851. |
LN 3 |
Add.MS. 39.077, ff. 75r–79v, Layard’s fair copy of his field notes for his excavations in Sennacherib’s palace from October 1849–April 1851. |
Mon.Nin. I |
Layard, Austen Henry. 1849. Monuments of Nineveh from Drawings Made on the Spot. London: John Murray. |
Mon.Nin. II |
Layard, Austen Henry. 1853. A Second Series of the Monuments of Nineveh. London: John Murray. |
MS A-D |
WA Dept. Archives, copies of cuneiform inscriptions. |
MS Plan |
WA Dept. Archives, Plans no. 21, Layard’s site plan of the part of Sennacherib’s palace excavated from October 1849–April 1851 (reproduced as Plan 1 at 1:300 scale in the Plans section of this book). |
N&B |
Layard, Austen Henry. 1853. Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon. London: John Murray. |
N&B plan |
N&B, facing p. 67 (reproduced as Plan 2 at 1:600 scale in the Plans section of this book). |
N&R |
Layard, Austen Henry. 1849. Nineveh and Its Remains. 2 vols. London: John Murray. |
Officers(’) Reports |
British Museum, Central Archives, Officers(’) Reports. |
Or.Dr. |
British Museum, Middle East Department, Western Asiatic Antiquities Archives, Original Drawings, primarily of Assyrian sculptures. |
Orig. Papers |
British Museum, Central Archives, Original (Letters and) Papers. |
swps |
Barnett, Richard David, Erika Bleibtreu, and Geoffrey Turner. 1998. Sculptures from the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh. London: British Museum Press. |
WA Dept. Archives |
British Museum, Middle East Department, Western Asiatic Antiquities Archives. |