D-821a: Excavation of Pasargadae (Iran): Gate R (Gate House, Palace with the Relief): Ground Plan of Ruins

Object Details

Local Numbers: D-821a FSA A.06 05.0821a
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Ernst Herzfeld first visited the site of Pasargadae in November 1905 while on an expedition from Assur (Kalat Schergat, Iraq) to Shiraz (Iran). In mid-November 1923, he conducted a preleminary campaign, completing various measured plans and drawings. Finally, a four-week session of excavations in April and May 1928, funded by the Notgemeinschaft der Deutschen Wissenschaft, was carried out by Ernst Herzfeld, assisted by the architect Friedrich Krefter.

Place: Asia; Iran; Pasargadae (Extinct city); Iran -- Fars -- Pasargadae -- Gate R

Topic: Ancient Near Eastern Art; Excavations (Archaeology); Architectural drawing; Architecture

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-821: Pasargadae, Palace with the column. Palace with relief (two copies)

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection Citation: Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.

Arrangement: Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Scope and Contents: Original caption on verso reads, "Pasargadae, Pal. m. d. Relief."; - Sketchbook in Ernst Herzfeld Papers; SK-4, p.8.