IDNO

D.156810.MAT

Description

Pencil tracing of a Latin inscription (+ HI//////RCERE PERCEPTU REGIS) which appears on a walrus ivory draughts piece in the care of the British Museum (reference number 1887,0524.5). [EB 28/08/2024]

Place

Europe British Isles; United Kingdom; England; Leicestershire

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Museum Archives Transfer

Source

Format

Drawing

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.156647.MAT - P.156864.MAT and P.176654.MAT - P.176687.MAT were found unaccessioned in a red folder box in the Paper Archives and transferred to the Photograph Collections and numbered C1048/ [JD 28/08/2025]

D.156810.MAT - D.156811.MAT were located in a brown envelope, now number C1048/8.

Publication: Inscription is given on catalogue record for associated draughts piece in the care of the British Museum. [Source: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1887-0524-5, EB 28/08/2024]