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Hand-written letter from Sir R. Wingate dated 24 March 1910, with notes of Greek inscriptions on the back:

• A) Two inscriptions from Yazılıkaya, Eskişehir Province (Turkey) ["Midas city"].
• B) Inscription from the Seljuk Palace, with a reference to a white marble stone fragment with decoration and mention of a fragmentary inscription from the Karatay Mosque, all in Konya, Konya Province (Turkey).
• C) Inscription on ostrakon found by Quibell at Saqqara monastery.
• D) List of sites in Turkey recorded in von Diest, Karte der Wichtigsten Nachbargebiete der Anatolischen Eisenbahn-linen (1898).
• E) Correspondence between Hebrew and Urartian/Vannic of the word "Armali/Armani".

Drawings of 17 head-dresses from Nineveh, copied from Layard, A. H., The Monuments of Nineveh: From Drawings Made on the Spot, London (1849).

Photograph of a book written in Hebrew or Aramaic.

Hand-written postcard featuring the Llanrhidian Stone from Gower, "dug up at West end of the Ch[urch] Tower. Photo[graphe]d by Frank Richardson (…) Westbury on Trym Gloucester".

Notes on "Mixed Jargons" (Appendix to Sayce's Introduction to the Science of Language) in English and Arabic. The author discusses the piece of Maltese, which he considers Arabic, in this appendix and rewrites the passage accordingly including annotations.
Sayce, A. H. Introduction to the Science of Language, 2 vols, London (1880). The corresponding chapter can be found in volume 1, Appendix to Chapter III "Specimens of Mixed Jargons".

Notes on language groups. A series of brief notes about various languages, language groups, and dialects. Each note corresponds to a Roman numeral, perhaps indicating a complementary source of some kind.

Hand-written Phrygian notes:

• A) Notes from Hamilton on different insciptions, including copies of inscriptions from Afion Kara Hissar and Ishekli. They might be from the publication Hamilton, William J. Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus and Armenia: with Some Account of Their Antiquities and Geology, London (1842).
• B) Notes from Hamilton on different inscriptions, including copies of inscriptions.
• C) Notes from Mahaffy, John P. "Notes", Hermathena 4 (7) (1881), p. 82-89, including copies of inscriptions and a list of male and female Greek gods.
• D-H) Series of tracings [from Sir William Mitchell Ramsay] with inscriptions from Midas City (Eskişehir Province, Turkey):
  • D) No. 10 "In the rocks beside the Midas City".
  • E) No. 4 cf. Steuart (= Steuart, John Robert, A Description of Some Ancient Monuments, with Inscriptions, Still Existing in Lydia and Phrygia, London (1842), "over an altar").
  • F) No. 11 "In a large square cut recess above what seems to have been an altar approached by a set of steps. Opp[osite] Lion Tomb".
  • G) No. 5 cf. Steuart.
  • H) No. 6 cf. Steuart.
• I) Notes on Phyrgian Inscriptions and Hamilton.

List of names from Pisidia (modern-day Antalya, Turkey).

Copies of Greek inscriptions from ivory slates belonging to Mr W. M. Bryce. Numbered list.

Orchomenos inscriptions (A) on a reused receipt (B):

• A) Copies of Greek inscriptions and sketches from Orchomenos (Boeotia, Greece).
• B) Receipt from A. Morcos Damascus Hotel Jerusalem, 1881.

Copies of Greek inscriptions from the Aberdeen Papyri (University of Aberdeen).

Hand-written notes (Greek) from publications.

Cutting of letter to The Times from W. Flinders Petrie on the EES Excavations at Abydos.

Offprint of obituary of David George Hogarth, by James H. Breasted. Reprinted from Breasted, James H. "Obituary: David George Hogarth," Geographical Review 18 (1) (1928), p. 159-161.

Offprint of Keimer, L. "Das „Sandfahren“ der Totenfiguren (wšbtiw), „um den Sand der Ostseite zur Westseite zu fahren“", Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 29 (1) (1926), p. 49-52. A mention of artificial fertiliser in ancient Egypt.

Draft of Sayce, A. H. "The Libraries of David and Solomon", Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland 63 (4), p. 783-790.

Sayce writes about archaeological discoveries on the Phoenician coast, to the north of Latakia, featuring texts in at least five different languages in cuneiform script (Babylonian, Sumerian, Mitannian, and Canaanite). He tracks the earliest Phoenician and cuneiform script, relating this to biblical texts and the library of David and Solomon.

Draft of unpublished article or lecture titled "The Circles of the Inferno".

Sayce writes on the ancient precedents to Dante's The Divine Comedy, including Byzantine, Icelandic, Egyptian, Greek, and Talmudic mythologies. He focuses on the origin of Dante's circles in ancient sources.

Various notes:

• A) Copies of Greek inscriptions and numbers/dates with names. Leponis: animal-headed and man-headed vases from Retennu (Retejnu); names and dates of Roman emperors' reigns. Also contains cuneiform signs. Written on Atheneum Club Pall Hall paper. It is in two fragments.
• B) Notes on Greek philosophers and texts. Written on University Club Edinburgh paper. Includes sections on "how did our school grammars come into existence?"; language and speech; "our knowledge of philosophy and logic". Covers five periods: 1) early philosophers, 2) Sophists, 3) Plato & Aristotle, 4) Stoics & Epicureans, 5) Alexandrians and Grammarians.
• C) Index list with terms and objects, linked to publications and page numbers. Some of the publications in this group are by David George Hogarth:
  • Hogarth, D. G. Hittite Seals: With Particular Reference to the Ashmolean Collection, Oxford (1920);
  • Hogarth, D. G. The Wandering Scholar, London (1925);
  • Hogarth, D. G. et al. Excavations at Ephesus: The Archaic Artemisia, London (1908);
  • Hogarth, D. G. The Penetration of Arabia: A Record of the Development of Western Knowledge Concerning the Arabian Peninsula, London (1905).

Begins with an envelope with the following hand-written note:
"Letters from Professor A. H. Sayce to Mrs Grenfell, mother of Prof. Grenfell. Sept 1905 - Dec 1916.
[Mr Warren R. Dawnson went through these letters & found nothing of importance, most of them giving Sayce's opinion on various drawings of scarabs sent to him by Mrs Grenfell, who was a collector.]
17.xii.53".

Collection of 18 letters, signed by A. H. Sayce. The collection of scarabs and information about motifs on them likely featured in the publications of Alice Grenfell:

• 1. Letter dated 16 September 1905 on scarabs. Someone has written over the letter in red ink "S. B. A. Sayce on Greek ostraca". The letter is written on paper from "8 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh".
• 2. Letter dated 26 September 1905 on the eye-lash scarabs and link to Hyksos scarabs. The letter is written on paper from "8 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh".
• 3. Letter dated 2 March 1907 with discussion of Nektanebo passage in connection to a character wearing a loin-cloth on a scarab. The letter is written from Luxor.
• 4. Letter dated 5 February 1908 on collection of scarabs. Mentions that Sayce is about to join Theodore Davis in the continuing excavations of KV56. The letter is written from Luxor.
• 5. Letter dated to 18 March 1908 discussing scarabs of Delta Syrian origin; characteristic of 18th and 19th Dynasties. Cautions Mrs Grenfell about seal impressions sent to tourists. The letter is written from "7 Sharia Nubar Pasha, Cairo".
• 6. Letter dated to 17 August 1910 discussing scarab No. 4, possibly depicting Set. Also discusses similarity with Babylonian cylinder seals from 3000-2000 BCE. The letter is written from "Queen's College, Oxford".
• 7. Letter dated to 10 July 1910 with note by another hand discussing a Hittite cylinder seal from the Ashmolean, and including discussions of wine-jars. The note reads: "Prof. Sayce refers in this letter to a remarkable Hittite cylinder-seal in the Ashmolean Museum the meaning of which, with the help of his remarks, (here sent) I was able to give him, & it corroborates entirely his view". The letter is written on paper from "8 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh".
• 8. Letter dated to 22 January 1911 discussing his disappointment at the lack of scarab seals in Ethiopia and how those that have been found are imported from Egypt. Instead, Sayce talks about discovery of king names from Egypt and their connection to Ethiopia in 800-660 BCE. Talks about having opened a tomb filled with bronze objects and pottery with Greek and Meroitic inscriptions, and his upcoming camel expedition to a temple. The letter is written from "Kabushiya, Sudan".
• 9. Letter dated to 17 February 1911 discussing a scarab found in Sudan but made in Egypt in honour of its Ethiopian conqueror. Ripped parts of the letter have been taped together. The letter is written from "c/o Dr Leigh Canney, Assuan".
• 10. Letter dated to 9 August 1911 discussing how his sister's death is imminent before moving on to comment on Mrs Grenfell's scarab copies relating to ceremonial drinking, depicting Bes. The letter is written on paper from "Hôtel Métropole, Bournemouth".
• 11. Letter dated to 3 April 1914 discussing different scarabs, with an annotation by another hand . The letter is written from "3 Sharia Sharia Nubar Pasha, Cairo".
• 12. Letter dated to 17 December 1914 discussing collection of Horus-Set scarabs from the Delta and from the 19th Dynasty. The letter is written on paper from "8 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh".
• 13. Part of a letter dated 24 December 1914 discussing atef crown on scarabs, and connections to motifs in Phoenician and Syrian art. The letter is written on paper from "St. Ermins Hotel, St. James' Park, S.W.".
• 14. Letter dated to 18 February 1915 discussing motifs on the Horus-Set scarabs and some foreign scarabs with "strange scripts". The letter is written on paper from "Hotel Busby, Nice".
• 15. Letter dated to 25 September 1915 discussing scarabs with motifs deriving from Greek art and posits that they are either Graeco-Roman or modern forgeries. The letter is written on paper from "8 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh".
• 16. Letter dated to 3 February 1916 discussing how proofs have been lost in the post, and scarabs from Syria of the 18th and 19th Dynasties. The letter is written on paper from "Hotel Busby, Nice".
• 17. Letter dated to 18 April 1916 discussing the difficulties of returning to England from France, and scarabs obtained by Garstang. The letter is written on paper from "Villa St Louis, Menton, France".
• 18. Letter dated to 1 December 1916 discussing his time in Pasadena and his neighbour's scarab collection, including one from the 18th Dynasty or earlier. The letter is written on paper from "Hotel Maryland, Pasadena, California".

5 Letters to Sayce from Sir William Mitchell Ramsay (24 March 1880 - 22 July 1882):

• 1. Letter dated 24 March 1980 discussing coin of Perga in Pamphylia with name of goddess and an Eyuk inscription. The letter is written from "Devon House, Forest Hill, London S.E.".
• 2. Letter dated 12 March 1982 discussing Ramsay's work in Phrygia and Lydia and goes into detail on his work on the Phrygian rock inscriptions and the discovery of the Midas necropolis. The letter is written from Athens.
• 3. Letter dated 30 April 1982 discussing plan for Sayce to join in on the expedition to Cappadocia, and asking Sayce to learn photograph techniques and to put in a good word for him in Oxford for a future job. The letter is headed "Pro. Cons.".
• 4. Letter dated 10 July 1982 expressing sadness at Sayce being unable to join the expedition, and discussing the Hittite inscriptions that he has copied and sent to Sayce (although they appear to be different from the inscriptions in B.15 sent by Ramsay). The letter is written from "Kirsheher" (probably Kırşehir).
• 5. Letter dated 22 July 1982 discussing impressions of inscriptions from Sir C. Wilson, rubbing from March 1881, though states that it is not Hittite; he tentatively dates the stone to 300-200 BCE. The letter written from "Kaisarieh" (Kayseri/Caesarea).

7 letters:

• A) Letter dated 1 January 1922 from W. H. Stucker(?) giving details of some inscriptions Sayce had asked about and wishing him a nice time in the Sicilian and Maltese sunshine. The letter is written on paper from "Wellbank, Taplow".
• B) Letter dated 10 May 1882 from (?). (?). Wilson indicating he had heard from Ramsay that Sayce was planning to travel to Anatolia in the summer and offering him a place to stay. The letter is written on paper from "H. B. M's. Consulate General, Anatolia" and sent from Smyrna. Encloses a letter to Dr Birch dated 4 May 1881 and also sent from Smyrna.
• C) Letter dated 18 June 1880 from W. St. C. Boscawen mentioning that he is sending Sayce copies of some inscriptions, discussing some planned publications, and indicating his intentions to give up Assyriology after publishing findings from his expedition. The letter is written from "Marchwiel Rectory, Wrexham".
• D) Letter dated 28 September 1872 from George Smith including a fragment in cuneiform which seems to be the Sargon inscription. The letter is written from the British Museum.
• E) Letter dated 1 May 1878 from Theophilus G. Pinches informing Sayce that his papers went well even though he worried about the mistakes he made. The letter is written from "62, Newman St., London W.". Sayce reused it as scrap paper to copy Phoenician inscriptions.
• F) Letter dated 16 May 1881 from Edmund Calverly expressing his sympathies for Sayce's accident, and including a copy of a sketch of a silver disc which he has believed to be Hittite but appears to have connection to Byzantine Christians and a series of several, seemingly unrelated, queries. The letter is written from Rhodes. Sayce reused it as scrap paper to make notes.

Printed plate(?) with photograph of an Egyptian relief showing a man on horseback from the tomb of Horemheb in Saqqara, Egypt.

Hand-written notes (Greek) from publications; copies of inscriptions, including from Plaka, Cilicia, Olba, and Anazarba (modern: Anavarza).

Handwritten copy of a Thracian inscription on a gold bezel of a ring, found in Bulgaria. The accompanying letter is dated 13 May [no year] and was sent by Stanley Casson. Both the letter and the copy of the inscription are written on paper from "New College, Oxford".

Four items related to Cypriote inscriptions:

• A) Handwritten signs and transliteration of inscription in "neighbourhood of Temple of Golgos (Cesnola)", referring perhaps to the Cesnola collection.
• B) Handwritten signs and transliteration of an inscription.
• C) Handwritten signs of inscriptions, which Sayce has labelled as "from Golgos 'I am Karux'", "the Temple of Paphos", "on a spoon at Dalium", "near village Atheniou", etc.
• D) Squeeze of an inscription, not labelled.

Correspondence, note, and two squeezes from multiple individuals:

• 1. Letter to Sayce from William Ramsay dated 8 August 1924 mentioning he is sending an impression of a seal, with the name Yalowatch/Yalowadj. The letter was written from "13 Greenhill Terrace, Edinburgh".
• 2. Letter to Sayce from William Ramsay undated ("Friday") asking Sayce whether he can make sense of the Cappadocian months he goes on to list. The letter was written from "Devon House, Forest Hill".
• 3. Letter to Sayce from John Punnett Peters dated 23 October 1888 discussing an inscription from Tarsus and saying he will send impressions. The letter was written from "Imperial Ottoman Bank, Constantinople".
• 4. Letter from Sayce to John Garstang dated 10 March 1907 apologising for being unable to join Garstang at Abydos. The letter was sent from "Dahabia Istar, Luxor".
• 5. Note with details of bead with inscription from Jerusalem. Probably by William M. Ramsay. The note is written on paper from "Palestine Exploration Fund, 24, Hanover Square, London W.".
• 6. Letter to Sayce from James (?) dated 11 September 1882 on sending Sayce the inscription of Marash lion. The letter was written from "St. Mary Church" in Torquay. The letter encloses a pencil rubbing of a bronze stamp with the label "a puzzle in Phenician epigraphy.(?)".
• 7. Letter to Gurney from Peter E. Rider, Atlantic Provinces Historian at National Museums Canada, dated 20 November 1978 about "The Fletcher Stone" or "The Yarmouth Runic Stone", which is now in Yarmouth Museum, Nova Scotia. The letter is written on paper from the "National Museums Canada; National Museum of Man".
• 8. Letter to Gurney from David L. Keenlyside, Atlantic Provinces Archaeologist at National Museums Canada,, dated 22 November 1978 discussing how the Museum's curator has verified the rock inscription which Sayce had referred to as the "Yarmouth Stone". The letter is written on paper from the "National Museums Canada".
• 9. Two squeezes of the same inscription.
• 10. Photograph of tombstone of an Etruscan grave "of man & wife" near Bologna, c. 1865-1870, by Fotografia dell'Emilia. The text on the reverse reads: "Gran Raccolta di Vedute e Quadri delle Città Bologna Ravenna e dintorni. Strada S. Mamolo No 101 1o Palazzo Rodriguez Bologna".

Four offprints (three bound together and one loose), letter, and notes:

• 1. Offprint of Pinches, Theophilus G. "Greek Transcriptions of Babylonian Tablets", Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 24 (1902), p. 108-119.
• 2. Offprint of Sayce, A. H. "The Greeks in Babylonia: Graeco-Cuneiform Texts", Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 24 (1902), p. 120-125.
• 3. Offprint of Johns, C. H. W. "The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel", Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology 30 (1908), p. 107-141.
• 4. Offprint of Schulten, Adolf. "Ein unbekanntes Alphabet aus Spanien", Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 78 (1/2) (1924), p. 1-18.
• 5. Letter to Sayce from Wentworth Webster dated 11 October 1872 on an Iberian inscription from Castellon (Spain).
• 6. Three loose notes on the inscription above and other similar inscriptions.