Vestiges of Assyria, sheet 2d shewing the positions and plans of the ancient cities of Nimrud and Selamiyah from the trigonometrical survey made by order of the Governement of India published [London] by J Walker

Vestiges of Assyria, sheet 2d shewing the positions and plans of the ancient cities of Nimrud and Selamiyeh, the former identical with the Aaqibba of Xenophon perhaps the Calab of Genesis and the [cuneiform inscriptions] of the cuneiform inscriptions, from the trigonometrical survey made in the spri...

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Order number: MAP D 13:30 Nimrud (1)
Main author: Jones; James Felix (1813-1878)
Order: MAP D 13:30 Nimrud (1)
Date(s) of creation: [1855]
Level: Item
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Reference number: MAP D 13:30 Nimrud (1)
Order number: MAP D 13:30 Nimrud (1)
Summary: Vestiges of Assyria, sheet 2d shewing the positions and plans of the ancient cities of Nimrud and Selamiyeh, the former identical with the Aaqibba of Xenophon perhaps the Calab of Genesis and the [cuneiform inscriptions] of the cuneiform inscriptions, from the trigonometrical survey made in the spring of 1852 at the command of the Government of India ...Scale [1:12,250]Signed: "True copy of the original, Felix Jones. … Baghdad, 15th July 1852."
Main author: Jones; James Felix (1813-1878)
Extent: 1 item
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAD000014/00001
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Note: Iraq -- Mosul -- Maps
Iraq -- Calah (Extinct city) -- Maps
Iraq--Nineveh (Extinct city) -- Maps
Admin history: "Felix Jones, Commander Indian Navy and Surveyor in Mesopotamia, aided in the field operations by J.M. Hyslop, Esqr., M.D. Medl. Staff, Bombay Army, &, Austen Henry Layard Esq : D.C.L;M.P."
Acquisition: Transferred from the Royal Geographical Society, London, whose acquisition mark is stamped 14 Nov [18]88
Access status: Open
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Scripts: Latin
Physical description: Coloured; map 124x70cm.
Copies: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Format: Archive           
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Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/SOASNAF/P1626 Jones; James Felix (1813-1878) Person