Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Squeeze of Arabic Inscription, 5 Lines in Naskhi Script, on West Wall of Main Hall of the Tachara (Palace of Darius)

Object Details

Local Numbers: A-26 FSA A.6 06.A026
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Ernst Herzfeld first visited Persepolis in November 1905 during his expedition return from the Assur (Kalat Schergat, Iraq) excavation. During the two last months of 1923 as well as early March 1924, He spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, drafting a plan and providing a photographic record of the whole structure. In 1928, the architect Friedrich Krefter joined Herzfeld in Persia, in an expedition funded by the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, to complete various measured plans and drawings in Persepolis. Excavations were begun on March 1, 1931, now under the auspices of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Ernst Herzfeld left Persepolis permanently in Spring 1934.

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

Topic: Art of the Islamic World; Architecture; Excavations (Archaeology); Inscriptions; Inscriptions, Arabic

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions / 6.1: Arabic Script / A-26: Persepolis, Tachara. Five lines of Naskhi dated 826 H. Marked in red on back 80. See N-117, p.98 and File 33--77. No.26a is squeeze of right edge

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: Papers squeezes are organized in sequential number following language scripts, which are housed in folders, and stored in metal flat files.

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

Scope and Contents: - Handwritten number in red reads, "80."; - Handwritten annotation in blue reads, "Persepolis Taĉara 723."; - Sketchbook in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: SK-5, p.36.; - Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 26: [no neg.] Persepolis, Tachara. Five lines of Naskhi dated ca. 826 H., marked on back in red 80. See N-108, p.98, [SK-V, p.36] and [photo] File 33-77."