Paikuli (Iraq): Ruins of the Sassanid Monument: Inscribed Stone Block, Middle Persian Version

Object Details

Local Numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.2026
General: Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Helmut Humbach and Prods O. Skjærvø's publication, "The Sassanian Inscription of Paikuli; Part I; Supplement to Herzfeld's Paikuli. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1978." and Joseph Upton's Finding Aid.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Paper squeezes related primarly to two expeditions to Paikuli (Iraq), in 1911 and 1913, as well an excavation campaign carried out on site by Ernst Herzfeld in 1923.

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Excavations (Archaeology); Inscriptions; Inscriptions, Pahlavi; Inscriptions, Parthian; Middle Persian language; Sassanids

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files

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: Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves.

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

Bibliography: - Herzfeld, Ernst, 1924: "Paikuli: Monument and Inscription of the Early History of the Sasanian Empire; Volume II, containing 228 plates. Berlin: D. Reimer, Ernst Vohsen. P.65."

Scope and Contents: Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.6: Photo File 6. 'Achaemenian and Sasanian Inscriptions.' Image No. 93 (Negative Number: 2026). Paikuli. Parsik D 6. Paikuli, vol.II, p.65. Sq. Neg.4373."