D-845: Persepolis. Elevation of terrace wall, S side, numbered 13. Bergner, 1935

Object Details

Local Numbers: D-845 FSA A.06 05.0845
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld original drawing's caption and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Drawing paper related primarly to the excavation of Persepolis, initiated by Ernst Herzfeld in early March 1931, under the auspices of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Herzfeld left Persepolis permanently in Spring 1934.

Place: Asia; Iran; Persepolis (Iran); Iran -- Fars -- Takht-e Jamshid -- Southern Terrace Wall

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Architectural drawing; Architecture; Excavations (Archaeology)

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps

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: Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.

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

Scope and Contents: Handwritten date and signature on verso reads, "Bergner 35."; - Handwritten number on recto reads, "13."; - Handwritten annotation by Joseph Upton reads, "D-845."; - Additional information from staff reads, "Appears to be a section of a larger plan."; - Glass plate in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: [FSA A.6 04.GN.2337; FSA A.6 04.GN.2339].; - Sketchbook in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: SK-5, p.28; SK-20, p.27.; Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Terrace Complex, South Wall: Elevation Drawn by Karl Bergner, [drawing]