Naqsh-i Rajab (Iran): Sasanian Rock Reliefs, Investiture Relief of Ardashir I: View of Relief Picturing Ardashir I Grasping the Ring of Investiture

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Local Numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.2745

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

Place: Asia; Iran; Iran -- Fars -- Naqsh-i Rajab

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Archaeology; headgear; Relief (Sculpture); Royalty (Nobility); Sassanids

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.)

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.2745

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, 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, 1941: "Iran in the Ancient East. Archaeological Studies Presented in the Lowell Lectures at Boston. London: Oxford University Press. Plate CVIII, bottom."

Genre/Form: Glass negatives

Scope and Contents: Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 8, vol. 1 reads, "Naqsh i Rajab. Ardashīr I."; Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.8: Photo File 8 (2 vols.), "Sasanian Monuments," Subseries 4.8.1: vol. 1; Image No. 36 (Negative Number: 2745). Naqsh-i Rajab. Ardashīr investiture. IAE, p1.CVIII, bottom."