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Island of Kharg (Iran): Southern Tomb with Relief Depicting a Single Reclining Male on a Couch, Excavated out of the Surface Rock of the Plateau

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 Glass negative (b&w, 13 cm. x 18 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Bushehr -- Island of Kharg
Date:
1923-1934
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten Notes on blueprint reads, "Khārg."
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.7: Photo File 7(2 vols.) "Sasanian Architecture," Subseries 4.7.1: Vol.1, Image No. 51 (Negative Number: 1726). Kharg. Interior of tomb with reclining figure."
Arrangement:
- Glass Negatives, chronogically numbered from 1 to 5,075, originally stored in 80 wooden boxes of approximately 50 photographs each, are housed in document boxes and stored on shelves.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.1726
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Relief (Sculpture)  Search this
Genre/Form:
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.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.1726
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3323796fd-867d-4dc2-b782-29762b543344
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref27410