Layard's ' Xiiieveli and Balnloii/ published in 1853, and also a version of the Bavian inscription.^ In 1854 lie wrote an essay on Assyrian mvtholoiify, but he still continued to be chieHy ent^an-ed \yith the OTamniar. Ilis dissertation on the Pronoun apjjeared in 1853; on the Verb in 1855 to 1850, a work that has been characterised as his most vahiable contribution; ^ on Akkadian, 1855; on Tiiilntli Pcleser, 1857; on Poly- })liony5 1803; and finally a treatise on Assyrian Gram- mar, beii'un in 1800 in the 'Journal of the Asiatic Society,' which was iuterrui)ied by his death. ^Ir. Fox Talbot was also added to the number of translators. In 1850 he rendered a portion of the East India House inscription, and for a number of years he applied him- self to the translation of the most important inscrip- tions.^ Mr. Xorris, relieyed from the burden of the k^usian Column, turned his attention to Assyrian weij^'hts (1850), and subsequently bec^ame known as the author of th(» first Assyrian dictionary (ISOO)."* In France, ]\I. ()p[)(M't acquired an interest in Assyrian durinu' his recent journey to the East, and he earned a reputation in this department of study by the appear- ance of his 'ICtudes Assyriennes ' in the 'Journal Asiatique,' Fel)ruary 1857. From that period he has continued to be one of the inost prolific and the most useful of the cuneiform scliolars of France. The numljer of th(\se was fiirtlier increased by the a})pear- ance of M. Menant, in 1858, as the writer of a 'Notice sur les Inscriptions cuneiformes de la Collection de M. L. deLayal.'^ ^oon afterwards (1800) he published
- Layard, 'Sineveh and Babylon^ 18S2, p. xlvii.
- J, II. A. K. X.S. l{.-port/ls67, Hi.
^ U. Report, LSoB, xvi.
- I/>. N.S. 186(3, ii. The first instalment of the separate publication
appeared in lS68 (J. Ji. A, S. Keport, May 18U8, iii. p. xv).
' ^lohl, op. cit. Keport, June 1859.
