Beer and Jacquet to Rawlinson: A.D. 1838-46 237
Jacquet’s contributions to the ‘Journal Asiatique’: A.D. 1838 239
Rawlinson translates two paragraphs of the Behistun Inscription
for the Royal Asiatic Society: A.D. 1838 244
He deciphers two new characters: A.D. 1839 248
Grotefend’s later contributions: Identifies Artaxerxes: A.D. 1837 251
Lassen and Westergaard’s edition of the Persian and Susian
Inscriptions: A.D. 1845 253
Holtzmann’s Criticism 262
Edward Hincks begins his contributions: June 1846 265
Rawlinson’s Supplementary Note and Memoir: A.D. 1846 271
Estimate of his claims as a decipherer 275
His revised Translation of the Inscriptions 291
Hitzig, Benfey, and Oppert: A.D. 1847 294