CHAPTER IV

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