There are two files in this series - a broken seal stone with its accompanying notes; and a rubbing of Semitic characters.
West Edward William 1824-1905Catalogues and Handlists for coins and other objects within the Society's collections. Digital documents were created as archival documents in 2024.
- 'List of Coins in the R.A.S. Cabinet', a list and report compiled by Oliver Codrington during his time as Honorary Librarian of the Society (1891-1919). The list is dated 1917. Handwritten in a lined notebook with brown paper cover.
- 'Catalogue and Accession History of the Kushan Coins of the Royal Asiatic Society - Progress Report', written by Dr M. Nasim Khan, Visiting Research Fellow of the RAS, Department of Archaeology University of Peshawar, Pakistan, [2002]. A copy of this report is available in the Library office. Also kept together is a CD containing images of the coins in the RAS collections taken by Dr Khan as part of the cataloguing project. These images are also stored electronically.
Electronic Documents
- 'ACCESSION AND CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY COINS COLLECTION' - list of coins in the Society's collections, first created in 2009.
- 'POSSESSIONS OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY' - including textiles and clock. This is an incomplete list first created in
2001. - 'Objects on loan to the British Museum - the Society has 4 copper plate inscriptions and 1 stone inscription on long-term loan to the British Museum. There are two lists for this loan, created in 2018 and 2020.
A newspaper cutting from The Times of the Obituary of Sir Hamilton Gibb, Arabic studies pioneer. Printed material, dated 27 October 1971.
News clipping of an obituary notice for Sukumar Sen, India Today, dated 31 March 1992.
Photocopy of an obituary notice for Steven Runciman, Guardian Weekly, 9-15 November, 2000.
News clipping of an obituary notice for Sir Harold Bailey (1899-1996), The Daily Telegraph, dated 24 January 1996.
Photocopy of an obituary notice for Simon Digby (1932-2010), The Times, dated 27 January 2010.
Photocopy of an obituary notice for Rev. Fr. John Kevin Roger (1949-1995).
Photocopy of an obituary notice for Professor Charles Ralph Boxer (1904-2000), The Independent, dated 29 April 2000, 2 copies.
Photocopy of an obituary notice for Professor Charles Fraser Beckingham (1914-1998), The Guardian, dated 16 October 1998.