highly rated by Mr. Colebrooke and Dr. Wilkins'; a large collection of coins, Greek and oriental; gems, and antiquities dug up at Babylon and Nineveh, including the first cuneiform inscriptions ever brought to Europe. Rich's portrait, presented by his widow Mary Mackintosh Rich, hangs in the students' room of the manuscript department in the British Museum. Sources Attribution: Bibliography 1787 births 1821 deaths English archaeologists English Assyriologists People associated with the British Museum Yazidi culture Assyriologists