Naqsh-i Rajab (Iran): Sassanid Rock Reliefs Picturing Shapur I (left) and Middle Persian Inscription of High Priest Kartir (right), Carved into Opposite Sides of a Grottolike Bay at the Foot of the Mountain of Mercy
Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 8, vol. 1 reads, "Cleft of Naqsh i Rajab."
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.8: Photo File 8 (2 vols.), "Sasanian Monuments," Subseries 4.8.1: vol. 1; Image No. 33 (Negative Number: 1766). Naqsh-i Rajab. Cleft with sculpture."
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Paper squeezes applied on Inscription. The paper squeezes are not preserved in the Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions."
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.1766
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
