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A fragment of the Anu-Enlil series, by Henry Frederick Lutz

Author:
Lutz, Henry Frederick 1886-  Search this
Physical description:
1., p. [391]-399. illus., pl. 9-10. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1931
Topic:
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Call number:
PJ3002 .C3
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_812662

A selection from the miscellaneous inscriptions of Assyria. Prepared for publication under the direction of the Trustees of the British Museum, by Major-General Sir H.C. Rawlinson, assisted by Edwin Norris

Author:
British Museum Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities  Search this
Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke Sir 1810-1895  Search this
Norris, Edwin 1795-1872  Search this
Physical description:
70 p. 54 cm
Type:
Texts
Date:
1866
Topic:
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Akkadian language--Texts  Search this
Sumerian language  Search this
Call number:
PJ3711 .B86
PJ3711.B86
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_162557

A-50: Inscribed unidentified fragment, possibly stone

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (paper squeeze)
Container:
Item A-50
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Scope and Contents:
Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 50: [no neg]. Inscribed unidentified fragment, possibly stone."
Squeeze of Unidentified Cuneiform Inscription
Arrangement:
Papers squeezes are organized in sequential number following language scripts, which are housed in folders, and stored in metal flat files.
Local Numbers:
A-50

FSA A.6 06.A050
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on 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.
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Genre/Form:
Paper Squeezes
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 06.A050
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions / 6.1: Arabic Script
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3484cf29e-d54b-4521-b0b7-3b481fe3a115
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref9975

Achaemenid Silver Phiale with Inscription of Artaxerxes I

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
Scope and Contents:
- Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 15, vol. 3 reads, "Inscribed Silver Plate. Artaxerxes I."
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.5: Photo File 5 (3vols.). 'Persepolis.' Subseries 4.5.3: Vol.3, Image No. 18a (Negative Number: 3954). Silver bowl. Artaxerxes 1. AMI, vol.VII, p1.I."
- Additional information from Freer Gallery of Art reads, "On the rim of this bowl is an inscription in Old Persian cuneiform, which names the Achaemenid Persian king Artaxerxes I (reigned 465-425 B.C.E.). The inscription has been translated as: "Artaxerxes the Great King, King of Kings, King of Countries, son of Xerxes the King, of Xerxes [who was] son of Darius the king; in whose royal house this silver saucer was made." Shallow bowls of this form, used for drinking wine, were made from various materials, including metal, glass, and ceramic. Royal vessels made of precious metal, like this one, were versatile forms of wealth; they could serve as royal tableware, be stored in the treasury, or be given away as gifts."
- Additional information from staff reads, "A drawing of the bowl with handwritten annotations (p. 17) as well as a transcription of the cuneiform inscription (p. 18) can be found in Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks, 1923-1931, n.d., Subseries 2.1: Sketchbook XIV - Sīstān- Tehran, 1929, p. 17 and 18."
Arrangement:
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.3954
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Achaemenian inscriptions  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Old Persian inscriptions  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.3954
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/dc30f4b9ac5-e5eb-4139-8583-dd0000f4f54f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref29046

Achaemenid Silver Phiale with Inscription of Artaxerxes I (detail of inscription)

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
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.5: Photo File 5 (3vols.). 'Persepolis.' Subseries 4.5.3: Vol.3, Image No. 18b (Negative Number: 3955). Silver bowl. Details of inscription. AMI, vol.VII, p1.I."
- Additional information from Freer Gallery of Art reads, "On the rim of this bowl is an inscription in Old Persian cuneiform, which names the Achaemenid Persian king Artaxerxes I (reigned 465-425 B.C.E.). The inscription has been translated as: "Artaxerxes the Great King, King of Kings, King of Countries, son of Xerxes the King, of Xerxes [who was] son of Darius the king; in whose royal house this silver saucer was made." Shallow bowls of this form, used for drinking wine, were made from various materials, including metal, glass, and ceramic. Royal vessels made of precious metal, like this one, were versatile forms of wealth; they could serve as royal tableware, be stored in the treasury, or be given away as gifts."
- Additional information from staff reads, "A drawing of the bowl with handwritten annotations (p. 17) as well as a transcription of the cuneiform inscription (p. 18) can be found in Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks, 1923-1931, n.d., Subseries 2.1: Sketchbook XIV - Sīstān- Tehran, 1929, p. 17 and 18."
Arrangement:
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.3955
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Achaemenian inscriptions  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Old Persian inscriptions  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.3955
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/dc3982c7031-bc5c-4e71-9522-f4eb259b9976
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref29047

Achaemenid Silver Phiale with Inscription of Artaxerxes I (detail of inscription)

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
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.5: Photo File 5 (3vols.). 'Persepolis.' Subseries 4.5.3: Vol.3, Image No. 19b (Negative Number: 3957). Silver bowl. Other sections, inscription. AMI, vol.VII, p1.II."
- Additional information from Freer Gallery of Art reads, "On the rim of this bowl is an inscription in Old Persian cuneiform, which names the Achaemenid Persian king Artaxerxes I (reigned 465-425 B.C.E.). The inscription has been translated as: "Artaxerxes the Great King, King of Kings, King of Countries, son of Xerxes the King, of Xerxes [who was] son of Darius the king; in whose royal house this silver saucer was made." Shallow bowls of this form, used for drinking wine, were made from various materials, including metal, glass, and ceramic. Royal vessels made of precious metal, like this one, were versatile forms of wealth; they could serve as royal tableware, be stored in the treasury, or be given away as gifts."
- Additional information from staff reads, "A drawing of the bowl with handwritten annotations (p. 17) as well as a transcription of the cuneiform inscription (p. 18) can be found in Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks, 1923-1931, n.d., Subseries 2.1: Sketchbook XIV - Sīstān- Tehran, 1929, p. 17 and 18."
Arrangement:
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.3957
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Achaemenian inscriptions  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Old Persian inscriptions  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.3957
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/dc38d568ff3-f31d-4815-abce-8f971ccb41af
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref29048

Achaemenid Silver Phiale with Inscription of Artaxerxes I (reverse side of bowl)

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
Scope and Contents:
- Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 15, vol. 3 reads, "Inscribed Silver Plate. Artaxerxes I."
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.5: Photo File 5 (3vols.). 'Persepolis.' Subseries 4.5.3: Vol.3, Image No. 19a (Negative Number: 3956). Silver bowl. Artaxerxes 1. AMI, vol.VII, p1.I."
- Additional information from Freer Gallery of Art reads, "On the rim of this bowl is an inscription in Old Persian cuneiform, which names the Achaemenid Persian king Artaxerxes I (reigned 465-425 B.C.E.). The inscription has been translated as: "Artaxerxes the Great King, King of Kings, King of Countries, son of Xerxes the King, of Xerxes [who was] son of Darius the king; in whose royal house this silver saucer was made." Shallow bowls of this form, used for drinking wine, were made from various materials, including metal, glass, and ceramic. Royal vessels made of precious metal, like this one, were versatile forms of wealth; they could serve as royal tableware, be stored in the treasury, or be given away as gifts."
- Additional information from staff reads, "A drawing of the bowl with handwritten annotations (p. 17) as well as a transcription of the cuneiform inscription (p. 18) can be found in Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks, 1923-1931, n.d., Subseries 2.1: Sketchbook XIV - Sīstān- Tehran, 1929, p. 17 and 18."
Arrangement:
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.3956
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
Antiquities  Search this
Archaeology  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.3956
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/dc333918061-f93d-48d2-a819-a92b54a9d6cd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref29049

Achaemenid history. IX, Persepolis seal studies : an introduction with provisional concordances of seal numbers and associated documents on fortification tablets 1-2087 / Mark B. Garrison and Margaret Cool Root

Author:
Garrison, Mark B  Search this
Root, Margaret Cool  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 141 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Iran
Persepolis
Persepolis (Iran)
Date:
1996
Topic:
Seals (Numismatics)  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Elamite  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
DS281 .A23 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_887214

Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V : quibus continentur variae relationes, observationes & descriptiones rerum Persicarum & ulterioris Asiae : multâ attentione in peregrinationibus per universum orientem collectae / ab auctore Engelberto Kaempfero, D

Author:
Kaempfer, Engelbert 1651-1716  Search this
Printer:
Meyer, Heinrich Wilhelm 1657-1722  Search this
Ill:
Marot, Daniel 1661-1752  Search this
Engraver:
Gole, Jacob 1660?-1737?  Search this
Brandshagen, F. W.  Search this
Former owner:
Bement, Myron DSI  Search this
Smith, Katharine Dennis DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[20], 912, [32] p., [16] folded leaves of plates : ill. (engravings, woodcuts), maps ; 23 cm. (4to)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Pre-Linnean works
Place:
Japan
Iran
Asia
Date:
1712
Topic:
Date palm  Search this
Botany  Search this
Achaemenian inscriptions  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DS7 .K34 1712
DS7.K4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_114267

Annals of the kings of Assyria. The cuneiform texts with translations, transliterations, etc., from the original documents in the British Museum. Ed. by E.A. Wallis Budge ... and L.W. King ... v. 1-

Author:
British Museum Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities  Search this
King, L. W (Leonard William) 1869-1919  Search this
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Sir 1857-1934  Search this
Physical description:
v. plates (incl. facsims.) 29 cm
Type:
Books
Sources
Place:
Assyria
Date:
1902
1902-
Topic:
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Akkadian language--Texts  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
DS68 .B86
DS68.B86
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_125103

Archives administratives et inscriptions cunéiformes : Ashmolean Museum, Bodleian Collection, Oxford / Jean-Pierre Grégoire

Title:
AAICAB
Author:
Grégoire, Jean Pierre  Search this
Subject:
Bodleian Library  Search this
Ashmolean Museum  Search this
Physical description:
v. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Texts
Place:
England
Oxford
Date:
1996
C1996-
Topic:
Cuneiform tablets  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Sumerian  Search this
Sumerian language  Search this
Call number:
PJ3711 .G74
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_892992

Assyriaca; eine Nachlese auf dem Gebiete der Assyriologie, von Dr. H. V. Hilprecht ... 1. Teil

Author:
Hilprecht, Hermann Vollrat 1859-1925  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 136 p. 3 pl. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Babylonia
Date:
1894
Topic:
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
PJ3189.H6X 1894
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_363687

Assyrian Relief of Standing Figure, Inscribed with Cuneiform Inscription

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, 18 cm. x 13 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Place:
Asia
Iran
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.13: Photo File 13 (3 vols.) "Miscellaneous, Shah's Museum and related objects," Subseries 4.13.2: Vol. 2, Image No. 263 (Negative Number: 1473): Assyrian relief of standing figure. Lower part."
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.1473
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
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Inscriptions  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.1473
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/dc32b9d3225-7637-4fc9-b4d1-67fe837991a9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref29728

Assyrian royal inscriptions : new horizons in literary, ideological, and historical analysis : papers of a symposium held in Cetona (Siena), June 26-28, 1980 / edited by F.M. Fales

Author:
Fales, Frederick Mario  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 294 p. (1 folded), 10 p. of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm
Type:
Congresses
Sources
Place:
Assyria
Date:
1981
Topic:
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
PJ3835 .A77 1981
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_870787

Babylonian and Assyrian literature; comprising the epic of Izdubar, hymns, tablets, and cuneiform inscriptions; with a special introd. by Epiphanius Wilson

Physical description:
viii, 309 p. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1901
[c1901]
Topic:
Assyro-Babylonian literature--Translations into English  Search this
English literature--Translations from Assyro-Babylonian  Search this
Call number:
PJ3701.W8 1901
PJ3701.W8 1901
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_342115

Babylonian boundary-stones and memorial-tablets in the British museum. Ed. by L. W. King. With anatlas of plates. Printed by order of the Trustees

Author:
British Museum Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities  Search this
King, L. W (Leonard William) 1869-1919  Search this
Physical description:
xvii p., 1 l., [3]-136 p. and portfolio of 133 pl. 35 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Iraq
Babylonia
Date:
1912
Topic:
Boundary stones  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Call number:
PG3861 .B86
PG3861.B86
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_117213

Basalt piece with representation of altar (?), rams, etc. and cuneiform inscription. Other views in Nos. 260--261. Fragment of Kudurru found in Ctesiphon. Samarra, vol.VI, p1.XXXIII

Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Container:
Item Print 259
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents note:
Print corresponds to negative number 1469.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.13: Photo File 13: "Miscellaneous, Shah's Museum" and related objects / 4.13.2: Vol. 2
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3767d161f-f0b9-4487-9b73-55d427660866
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref17048

Beiträge zur Verwaltung und Gesellschaft Babyloniens in der Kassitenzeit / Leonhard Sassmannshausen

Author:
Sassmannshausen, Leonhard  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 523 p., 92 p. of plates : ill. ; 36 cm
Type:
Sources
Place:
Iraq
Babylonia
Date:
2001
Topic:
Kassites--History  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian  Search this
Politics and government  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
DS73.4 .S37 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_851516

Bisutun Site (Iran): Relief and Inscription of Darius: Close View of the Entire Scene

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
Bisutun Site (Iran)
Date:
1913-1923
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten notes on related blueprint reads, "Bīstūn: Dareios."
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.2: Photo File 2 (2Vols.). 'Pre-Achaemenian.' Subseries 4.2.2: vol. 2, No. 169 (Negative Number: 1548). Bistun, Darius relief. TA, p1.X."
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.1548
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Ernst Herzfeld first visited Bisutun in early August 1913 while on an expedition from Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq) to Asadābād (Hamadān, Iran). Finally, additional visits to Bisutun (Iran) were carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in early June 1923 and 1924.
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
Achaemenian inscriptions  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Elamite  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Old Persian inscriptions  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.1548
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/dc355444407-69bb-4e25-bf2a-d7ca6dad1597
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref26839

Bronze Age bureaucracy : writing and the practice of government in Assyria / Nicholas Postgate, University of Cambridge

Author:
Postgate, J. N  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 484 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Assyria
Date:
2013
Topic:
Akkadian language--Texts  Search this
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Smithsonian Libraries
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