Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948)
1925-1929
Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran): Ka'ba i Zardusht Tower: View before Excavation

Black & white glass negative
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Local numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.2064, Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946, Identifier: FSA A.6 04.GN.2064
 
Handwritten notes on related blueprint reads, "Kuh i Khwaja, palace from top of hill."
 
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.7: Photo File 7 (2 vols.) "Sasanian Architecture," Subseries 4.7.1: Vol.1, Image No. 187 (Negative Number: 2064). Kuh-i Khwaja. Palace from top of hill."
 
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Joseph Upton's Finding Aid and Trudy S. Kawami, Lawrence Becker and Robert Koestler's publication, "Kuh-e Khwaja, Iran, and Its Wall Paintings: The Records of Ernst Herzfeld. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 22, (1987)."
 
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