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Iraq. Nimrud (Kahlu). North-West Palace. Room I. Panel 20. Relief depicting a female winged protective spirit facing left, wearing a two-horned hat and holding a chaplet, performing an act of worship (?), c. 865-860 BC; sketch/tracing from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124578 = 1849,0502.4

Relief depicting a female winged protective spirit facing left, wearing a two-horned hat and holding a chaplet, performing an act of worship (?), c. 865-860 BC; sketch from gypsum slab (panel 20) from Room I in the North-West Palace at Nimrud (Kahlu) in Iraq, now in London, British Museum, BM 124578 = 1849,0502.4:

  • Pencil sketch/tracing on tracing paper
  • loose
  • 15.3 x 24.8 cm

Map of the presumed boundary of ancient Nineveh

Map of the presumed boundary of ancient Nineveh:

  • pencil sketch/tracing with notes on tracing paper
  • loose
  • 12.5 x 18.2 cm
  • [on sketch]

'A Kelata

1 Khorsabad
2 Kounyik
3 E[?]
4 Tell Kaif
B Reshidi

5 Kara Kush ruins
6 Karamles ruins
7 Sheikh emir
8 Tergilla
9 Mar Daniel
10 Ain es Sufra } on the Gebel Makloub
11 Deyr Sheikh Matti
12 Tel Billa
13 Bashika
14 Bazaani
15 Imam Fadhla
16 Convent of St George

Mar Elias
Yarumjeh
18 Kiz fukura
17 Kara Koyurabi[?]' (pencil note)

Relief depicting one man striking another man holding decapitated head, Neo-Assyrian; sketch in grid from gypsum slab (not identified), probably from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq

Relief depicting one man striking another man holding decapitated head, Neo-Assyrian; sketch in grid from gypsum slab (not identified), probably from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose
  • 10.9 x 17.8 cm

Relief depicting one man striking another man holding decapitated head, Neo-Assyrian; sketch in grid from gypsum slab (not identified), probably from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq

Relief depicting one man striking another man holding decapitated head, Neo-Assyrian; sketch in grid from gypsum slab (not identified), probably from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • loose
  • 23.2 x 33 cm

Iraq. Nimrud (Kahlu). Central Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III. Relief depicting archers attacking an enemy town, c. 730-727 BC; sketch/tracing of gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 118903 = 1848,1104.4

Relief depicting archers attacking an enemy town, c. 730-727 BC; sketch/tracing of gypsum slab from the Central Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III at Nimrud (Kahlu) in Iraq:
now in London, British Museum, BM 118903 = 1848,1104.4:

  • pencil sketch/tracing on tracing paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 32.45
  • 19 x 19 cm

Frontal view of free-standing group of statue of nude Dionysus and young nude satyr (Naples, Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, inv. 4995, date not known)

Frontal view of free-standing group of statue of nude Dionysus and young nude satyr (Naples, Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, inv. 4995, date not known) :
Statue Dionysius with satyr.

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 34.7
  • 13.3 x 21.0 cm
  • [on sketch, top right corner] '5' (pencil note)

Colour-coded sketch of winged horses pulling two charioteers in profile, and beginning of meander pattern with water fowl below; probably fragment of painting on Attic or Italiote vase (Naples, not identified)

Colour-coded sketch of winged horses pulling two charioteers in profile, and beginning of meander pattern with water fowl below; probably fragment of painting on Attic or Italiote vase (Naples, not identified):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted
  • 24.1 x 18.3 cm
  • [on sketch] 'A red / B white / C black / D' (pencil note) [key to colours annotated in sketch]

Egypt. Inscribed headrest, provenance not know, formerly in Walter Hawkins collection, current location not known (sketch and copy of hieroglyphic inscription)

Sketch and copy of the hieroglyphic inscription of an inscribed headrest, provenance not know, formerly in Walter Hawkins collection, current location not known:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted
  • 11.1 x 18.1 cm
  • [on sketch] 'In the Col of / Walter Hawkins Esq' (pencil note)

Egypt. Island of Philae. Views

Two general views of the Island of Philae (TopBib vi.203):

  • pencil sketches on paper
  • loose
  • 32 x 20.3 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Philoe' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] '6' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Island of Elephantine. 'Quay'

View of the 'Quay' of the Island of Elephantine (TopBib v.224):

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 6.2 (upper)
  • 19.8 x 12.6 cm
  • [on drawing] 'Elefantina' (ink note)
  • [on mount] encircled '3.a' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Memphis. Mr Cavigalia's House

View of Mr Caviglia's House at Memphis:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted
  • 23.9 x 17.0 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Mr Caviglia s house. Memphis' (ink note)
  • [on mount] encircled '6' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Memphis. Date Trees

View of date trees in Memphis:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted
  • 13.8 x 21.5 cm
  • [on mount] 'Metra hena' [= Mit Rahina] (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
  • [on mount] '7' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Aswan. Islamic Cemetery

View of a mausoleum in the Islamic Cemetery at Aswan:

  • pencil sketch on paper
  • mounted, together with Bonomi MSS 6.8 (upper)
  • 19.4 x 14.2 cm
  • [on sketch] 'Assuan' (pencil note)
  • [on sketch] 'Drawing of Botta' (pencil note)
  • [on mount] '10' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)

Egypt. Objects. A) inscribed walking stick; B) inscribed part of a stool; C) unknown instrument

Egyptian objects: A) inscribed walking stick; B) inscribed part of a stool; C) unknown instrument:

  • pencil, red ink and watercolour (brown, blue, black, red) drawings on paper
  • loose
  • 25.9 x 32.6 cm
  • [on drawing] '12 flutes' (pencil note, upside down between drawings B and C)
  • [on drawing] 'A Walking stick two thirds' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] 'B Part of a stool size of original' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] 'C Unknown instrument full size' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] 'A - B - C - D' (pencil note)
  • [on drawing] '0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9' (pencil note)
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