D-1303: Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Tachara Palace (Palace of Darius): Inscription of Darius, DPc, Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian Version in One Line

Object Details

Local Numbers: D-1303 FSA A.06 05.1303
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld original drawing's caption and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Transliteration on drawing paper related primarly to the excavation of Persepolis, initiated by Ernst Herzfeld in early March 1931, under the auspices of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Herzfeld left Persepolis permanently in Spring 1934.

Place: Asia; Iran; Persepolis (Iran); Iran -- Fars -- Takht-e Jamshid -- Tachara

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Architectural drawing; Cuneiform inscriptions; Excavations (Archaeology); Inscriptions

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps

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: - Handwritten signature reads, "EH."; - Handwritten caption in German reads, "Dar. Pers. c."; - Handwritten number in red, on verso, reads, "9."; - Handwritten numbers, on recto reads, "top) 5789; bottom) [34]."; - Handwritten annotation in German, probably for publication, reads, "."; - Sketchbook in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: SK-11, p.1.