Bisutun Site (Iran): The Parthian Remains: Close View of Rock Reliefs of Mithridates II and Gotarzes II, as well as the Insertion of an Inscription by Shaikh Ali Khan Zangana
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- FSA A.6 04.GN.1910
- Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
- Ernst Herzfeld first visited Bisutun in early August 1913 while on an expedition from Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq) to Asadābād (Hamadān, Iran). Finally, additional visits to Bisutun (Iran) were carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in early June 1923 and 1924.
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Names
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Collection Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Place
- Asia
- Iran
- Bisutun Site (Iran)
- Topic
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Archaeology
- Inscriptions
- Relief (Sculpture)
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- See more items in
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files
- Extent
- 1 Glass negative (b&w, 13 cm. x 18 cm.)
- Date
- 1913-1923
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.1910
- Type
- Archival materials
- Glass negatives
- 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, chronogically numbered from 1 to 5,075, originally stored in 80 wooden boxes of approximately 50 photographs each, 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, 1920: "Am Tor Von Asien, Felsdenkmale aus Irans Heldenzeit. Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, A.-G., Verlag in Berlin. Plate XXIII, bottom."
- Genre/Form
- Glass negatives
- Scope and Contents
- - Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 8, vol. 1 reads, "Bīstūn, Mithradates II and Gotarzes II."
- - Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.8: Photo File 8 (2 vols.), "Sasanian Monuments," Subseries 4.8.1: vol. 1; Image No. 20 (Negative Number: 1910). Bistun, relief Mithradates I & Gotarzes II. TA, p1.XXIII, bottom."
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1585219957152-1585219960151-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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