1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 25 in.x 39 in. (63.5 cm. x 99 cm.))
Container:
Item C-109
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Persepolis (Iran)
Iran -- Fars -- Takht-e Jamshid -- Tachara
Date:
1923-1934
Scope and Contents:
- Original handwritten annotation reads, "."
- Information from Roland G. Kent's 1953 publication reads, "XPc = Xerxes, Persepolis C: Trilingual, in triplicate; copy a on the standing west pillar of the portico of Darius's palace, Old Persian 15 lines, Elamite 14 lines, Akkadian 13 lines."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Squeeze No. 109. Persepolis, S. hall, W. pier, Old Persian text. 76a."
- Additional information from Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum; Part I, Inscriptions of Ancient Iran; Vol. I, The Old Persian Inscriptions reads, "The architectural activities in Persepolis started soon after 519 B.C. ...and continued until Alexander's arrival in 330 B.C.. The structures -and hence the cuneiform inscriptions- of Persepolis were thus created in the space of nearly two hundred years. Besides the platform itself, the earliest known monument was undoubtedly the small and yet charming Palace of Darius (the Tachara), which crowns the acropolis at its western quarter. The copies of XPc [were engraved] on the pillars and the south wall of the south portico of the Tachara, which was completed by Xerxes. Here Xerxes speaks of his father's construction of the palace, but architectural indications point to the continuation of the work from the main part of the Tachara to its southern portico, and suggest a date between 486 and 481 B.C." [Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum; Part I, Inscriptions of Ancient Iran; Vol. I, The Old Persian Inscriptions; Portfolio I: Plates i-xlviii. Old Persian Inscriptions of the Persepolis platform. Edited by A. Shapur Shahbazi. Published by Lund Humphries, London, 1985. Pp.15-16."]
- Additional information from staff reads, "Squeeze No. 109: 76a, lines 1-15."
Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Squeeze of Inscription, XPc, Old Persian Version, on the West Anta of the South Portico of the Tachara
Arrangement:
Papers squeezes are organized in sequential number following language scripts, which are housed in folders, and stored in metal flat files.
Local Numbers:
C-109
FSA A.6 06.C109
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Roland G. Kent's publication, "Old Persian. Grammar, Texts, Lexicon. 2nd Revised Edition. American Oriental Society, Vol. 33. American Oriental Society, New Haven, Connecticut, 1953," and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
