Bishapur (Iran): Sassanid Reliefs Showing the Investiture of Bahram I by the God Ahura Mazda (Hormizd): Detail View of Bahram I Wearing his Personal Crown
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- FSA A.6 04.GN.2474
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Names
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Collection Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Place
- Asia
- Iran
- Bīshāpūr (Extinct city)
- Iran -- Fars -- Bishapur
- 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, 18 cm. x 13 cm.)
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.2474
- 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 CXI, center."
- Genre/Form
- Glass negatives
- Scope and Contents
- - Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 8, vol. 1 reads, "Bīshāpūr, Bahrām I, head of King."
- - Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.8: Photo File 8 (2 vols.), "Sasanian Monuments," Subseries 4.8.1: vol. 1; Image No. 113 (Negative Number: 2474). Bishapur. Head of Bahrām I. IAE, p1.CXI, center."
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1585219957152-1585219960168-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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