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Programme for BBC filming of 'Treasure School'

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Fliming arrangement and camera script for shooting of Treasure School for National Lottery programme. (Filming on 31 October and 1st November)

Christie's The 'Canford' Assyrian Reliefs

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Includes Christie's press release of 6th July, announcing sale. Donated by Rob Daubenay (M84)

Article on Japanese group who bought Assyrian Frieze

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From Independent, 11th January 1998 Article about the Miho Museum (near Kyoto), which includes reference to and picture of Canford Frieze. Donated by Rob Daubenay (M84)

Assyrian Relief: Press Release from Christie''s

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Press release announcing auction to be held on 6 July, where "an important discovery of an Assyrian Relief' is to be sold. "estimated to realise in the region of ú750,000" See EL02035

Article on North-West Palace of Nimrud

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Article entitled Revisiting the North-West Palace of Nimrud by J. E. Reade, published in Orientalia, Vol 63

Chapel Talk about Assyrian Frieze

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JRO's (Jerry Orme) Chapel talk about Assyria and Layard's discovery of the Assyrian Frieze

Notes re Assyrian frieze sale 1959

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Brief postcard from The Kepper, Dept Antiquiries, Ashmolean Museum to H H Hughes thanking him for his help Handwritten note by unknown author listing sizes, catalogue numbers, purchasers and prices realised for the seven lots.

Assyrian artefacts

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B & W photos of some of the items that used to be in the Guest collection.

Letter from British Museum re Nineveh porch

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Letter from Glanville at the British Museum thanking him for his help with photos of the grubber gate

Article in The Museums Journal on the Assyrian fragments

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Article entitled 'Canford and cuneiform: A century of Assyriology' by RD Barnett. Small section detailing his 1959 visit to Canford when he authenticated the small stones in the grubber wall. He said the school 'did not appear to be particularly grateful for the information'!

Excerpts from 'Layard of Nineveh'

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Photocopies of relevant Canford pages from Gordon Waterfield's 1963 book about Henry Layard

Notes on Assyrian soapstone carvings

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Henry Layard's cousin, CM Somes, carved some soapstone reproductions of some of the illustrations in 'Nineveh and its remains' in 1891. The carvings are now in West meeting room. These sheet describes the ten carvings.