Letter enclosing details of inscription of Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria [not present]
Reference code
SAL/01/02/03/02
Title
Letter enclosing details of inscription of Pompey's Pillar in Alexandria [not present]
Date
c January 1803
Level of description
item
Extent and format
2 pp
Scope and content
Letter from Col. Turner containing a copy of the inscription from Pompey’s Pillar in Alexandria. The inscription was copied by Lieutenant De Sade and Lieutenant Dundas and a further enclosed letter from Reverend Brand gives further details on this process.
Mentioned in the minutes for 27th January 1803: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.029.041
A detailed account of the collection and decipherment of this inscription was published in Archaeologia Vol.15, 1806 pp.59-64: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/6DC97DF0283C26869DA8836BFDC3C2A8/S0261340900018221a.pdf/v-an-account-of-the-greek-inscription-on-pompeys-pillar-by-capt-wm-leake-and-lieut-john-squire-in-a-letter-to-matthew-raine-dd-fas-and-communicated-by-him-in-a-letter-to-the-rev-john-brand-secretary.pdf
Mentioned in the minutes for 27th January 1803: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.029.041
A detailed account of the collection and decipherment of this inscription was published in Archaeologia Vol.15, 1806 pp.59-64: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/6DC97DF0283C26869DA8836BFDC3C2A8/S0261340900018221a.pdf/v-an-account-of-the-greek-inscription-on-pompeys-pillar-by-capt-wm-leake-and-lieut-john-squire-in-a-letter-to-matthew-raine-dd-fas-and-communicated-by-him-in-a-letter-to-the-rev-john-brand-secretary.pdf
Creator
Turner