Potts 2025 [app. 2026]. Observations on Babylonian and Assyrian Sites by Pierre-Alexandre Coupperie, Bishop of Babylon (1820-1831). Revue d'Assyriologie 119: 169-182. By D.T. Potts

https://www.academia.edu/169174664/Potts_2025_app_2026_Observations_on_Babylonian_and_Assyrian_Sites_by_Pierre_Alexandre_Coupperie_Bishop_of_Babylon_1820_1831_Revue_dAssyriologie_119_169_182?email_work_card=title The missionary Anthony N. Groves, who was in Baghdad at the same time, wrote, in his diary entry for April 25th, 1831, 'Such a disease I never heard of or witnessed; certainly not more than one in twenty recovers; every one attacked seems to die. This has been a heart-rending day'. See Groves (1832: 119). On May 15th/16th, he wrote, 'I have heard to-day that the French Roman Catholic Archbishop of Babylon has been dead a long time, and two of his priests, and the remaining two fled'. See Groves (1832: 154). ...