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Persepolis (Iran): Reconstruction of Pottery with Painted Patterns and Various Ornamental Designs, from Prehistoric Mound of Tal-i Bakun (PPA)

Catalog Data

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (2 leaves, 12.8 cm. x 11.1 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (4 leaves, 13.8 cm. x 13.6 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (5 leaves, 22.5 cm. x 11.5 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (6 leaves, 9.7 cm. x 13.4 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (3 leaves, 12.8 cm. x 13.5 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 30.5 cm. x 22.2 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 25.3 cm. x 35.6 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iran
Bakun, Tall-e (Iran)
Iran -- Fars -- Takht-e Jamshid -- Tal-i Bakun
Date:
1928-1932
Arrangement:
- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
- S-30 is organized into 17 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-30 FSA A.06 07.30.17
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawing related to a trial excavation undertook by Ernst Herzfeld in the Summer 1928 as well as a campaign of excavation at the western mound, Tall-i-Bakun A under the auspice of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, carried out by Alexander Langsdorff under Ernst Herzfeld's direction between March 25, 1932 and July 21, 1932.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Sketches
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.30.17
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-30: "Samarra, Privathäuser." Contains measured drawings of plans and architectural details with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12/29) and to the Fundjournal. The material on the houses should be studied in conjunction with the photographs in Photo Files 19--23 and the unpublished plans and drawings in the "D" (drawings) file.
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ebc570e5-7536-4405-b2df-234244ea8d97
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24662