Correspondence received by Eugene d'Orange regarding possible ancient text, 1931
Item Overview
- Title
- Correspondence received by Eugene d'Orange regarding possible ancient text, 1931
- Photographer
- Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
- Date Created
- 1931
- Date
- 1931
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Notes
- Description
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May be the same person as Eugene Harry Drake, 1889-1973, resident of Santa Monica.
Correspondence received by Eugene d’Orange regarding possible Aramaic writings. The letter at the top of the stack was sent to d'Orange by Dr. Sir J. J. (Jivanji Jamshedji) Modi of the Oriental Institute, 172 Hornby Road, Fort, Bombay (India). The letter reads, in part: "I sent your script to the Curator of our Museum here for decipherment and he considers the same akin to the aramaic [sic] characters. I sent it subsequently to a Professor of Hebrew taking the script to be Aramaic and I am sorry my assistant did not..." Additional letters were received from the British College of Psychic Science, LTD, and Columbia University's Department of Indo-Iranian Languages. Of note, a "Report on Enquiry at British Museum Regarding Mr. Drake's Script" (dated November 12th 1930) is viewed at right, third page from top. No other viewable text mentions "Mr. Drake."
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
Keywords
- Genre
-
correspondence
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
- Ancient texts & translations
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1300_4352
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002d69th
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.