D-1460: Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Morphological Study of Vessels, from Prehistoric Mound of Tal-i Bakun (PPA)

Object Details

Local Numbers: D-1460 FSA A.06 05.1460
General: Title is provided by FSg Archives staff.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Drawing related to a trial excavation undertook by Ernst Herzfeld in the Summer 1928 as well as a campaign of excavation at the western mound, Tall-i-Bakun A under the auspice of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, carried out by Alexander Langsdorff under Ernst Herzfeld's direction between March 25, 1932 and July 21, 1932.

Place: Asia; Iran; Bakun, Tall-e (Iran); Iran -- Fars -- Takht-e Jamshid -- Tal-i Bakun

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

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.

Bibliography: "Steinzeitlicher Hügel bei Persepolis; Iranische Denkmäler. Herausgegeben von Ernst Herzfeld. Lieferung 1, Reihe I. Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin, 1932. Tafeln. XVII and XVIII."

Scope and Contents: Original caption in German reads, "[Klasse] D; [Profil Nr.] 56; [Profil Nr.] 17; [Profil Nr.] 35; [Profil Nr.] 38; [Profil Nr.] 31; [Profil Nr.] 53; [Klasse] K; [Profil Nr.] 55; [Profil Nr.] 79; [Profil Nr.] 89."