D-812a(2): Excavation of Pasargadae (Iran): Palace 'S', Pier 2: Elevation and Ground Plan, probably drawn by Friedrich Krefter

Object Details

Local Numbers: D-812a(2) FSA A.06 05.0812a2
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Ernst Herzfeld first visited the site of Pasargadae in November 1905 while on an expedition from Assur (Kalat Schergat, Iraq) to Shiraz (Iran). In mid-November 1923, he conducted a preleminary campaign, completing various measured plans and drawings. Finally, a four-week session of excavations in April and May 1928, funded by the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, was carried out by Ernst Herzfeld, assisted by the architect Friedrich Krefter.
Funding note: The campaign of excavation at Pasargadae (Iran), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in 1928, was funded by the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft.

Place: Asia; Iran; Pasargadae (Extinct city); Iran -- Fars -- Pasargadae -- Palace S

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Architectural drawing; Architecture; Excavations (Archaeology)

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-812: Pasargadae, Palace with the column. Palace "S". Pier 2, elevation and plan. Tracings of details D-812a and b (partial tracings). Two copies of each

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection Citation: Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Arrangement: Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Scope and Contents: Original caption reads, "Pasargadae."; Finding Aid caption reads, "Pasargadae, Palace with the column. Palace "S". Pier 2, elevation and plan."