‘Aden. Antiquities.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Antiquities.’
- Date:
- 1842/1844
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; the Military Board of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden; and the Geographical Society at Bombay.The item concerns the discovery at Aden of an inscription in Himyaritic, investigations into Himyaritic, and the future display of the inscribed stone.Further information on the circumstances surrounding the finding of the inscription appears in IOR/F/4/2005/89508.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 291/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4747’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1003, and terminates at f 1014, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Inscriptions
Antiquities - Geographic region:
- Aden
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098590037.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098590037.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2087/96930
IOR/F/4/2087/96930