'Fac-simile of an ancient Greek Inscription on a gold plate...'
'Fac-simile of an ancient Greek Inscription on a gold plate fou[nd in the] ruins of ... Canopus between Alexandria and Rosetta [and sent] by Mehemet Aly Basha ... as a present to Sir Sidney Smith.' The facsimile is on gilt paper, 2 1/4 × 6 3/4 in., and is accompanied by a copy of Henry Salt's letter forwarding the original to sir S. Smith, Oct. 2, 1818, a translation of the inscription (to the effect that king Ptolemy Euergetes I [B.C. 247-222] and queen Berenice dedicate a temple to Osiris), and an account of the original. The Inscription is no. 4694 in Boeckh's C. I. G., and is now in the British Museum.
Dates
- Creation: Written about A.D. 1820 (?)
Extent
1 roll
Language of Materials
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Add. E. 2, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Add. E. 2
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20327
Abstract
'Fac-simile of an ancient Greek Inscription on a gold plate...'
Biographical / Historical
Biographical details unknown.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 30313
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired before 1884, probably many years before.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
20 × 15 in. a roll with wooden cornice at top and wooden roller at foot, backed with canvas, in a cardboard box 2 1/2 × 2 5/8 × 15 1/8 in.
Topical
- Title
- 'Fac-simile of an ancient Greek Inscription on a gold plate...'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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