Excavation of Pasargadae (Iran): Squeeze of Arabic Inscription, Found on Stone Lintel in Mashhad-i-Madar-i-Suleiman, at Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- A-40 FSA A.6 06.A040c
- 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
- Paper squeezes probably related primarly to the excavation campaign carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in Persepolis and several nearby sites, from December 1923 through March 1924.
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Names
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Collection Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Place
- Asia
- Iran
- Pasargadae (Extinct city)
- Iran -- Fars -- Pasargadae -- Tomb of Cyrus the Great
- Topic
- Art of the Islamic World
- Decoration and ornament
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Inscriptions
- Inscriptions, Arabic
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- See more items in
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions / 6.1: Arabic Script / A-40: Pasargadae. N door of Mosque at tomb of Cyrus. Four squeezes numbered 40/40c. 40--top section, left upright; 40a--section of lintel; 40b--central section of lintel; 40c--right end of lintel. See N-117, p.67 and File 11--(2)--256
- Extent
- 1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 17 in.x 18 in. (43.2 cm. x 45.7 cm.))
- Date
- 1923
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 06.A040c
- Type
- Archival materials
- Paper squeezes
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Paper Squeezes
- Scope and Contents
- - Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 40: [no neg.] Pasargadae. N door of Mosque at tomb of Cyrus. Four squeezes numbered 40/40c. 40—top section, left upright; 40a—section of lintel; 40bntral section of lintel; 40c—right end of lintel. See N-117, p.67 and [photo] File 11-(2)-256."
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1585219957152-1585219967424-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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