D-1304: Excavation of Pasargadae and Persepolis (Iran): Palace P, Old Persian Inscription, CMc, and Tachara Palace (Palace of Darius), Inscription of Xerxes

Object Details

Local Numbers: D-1304 FSA A.06 05.1304
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld original drawings'caption and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
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); Persepolis (Iran); Iran -- Fars -- Pasargadae -- Palace P; Iran -- Fars -- Takht-e Jamshid -- Tachara

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Excavations (Archaeology); Architectural drawing; 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: Original caption reads, "[Top inscription]: Kyr. Pas. Pal. P; [bottom inscription]: Xerx. Pers. Tač."