The Treasury of Persepolis and Other Discoveries in the Homeland of the Achaemenians

Author(s): Erich F. Schmidt.
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Oriental Institute Communications 21

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In this preliminary report, Erich Schmidt publishes many of the results from Ernst Herzfeld's excavations at Persepolis, from whom Schmidt took over as director.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations

  1. Introduction: A View from the "Mountain of Mercy"
  2. The Defense System of Persepolis
  3. The Treasury of Persepolis
  4. Miscellaneous Finds at Persepolis
  5. Test, Clearances, and Restorations on the Persepolis Terrace
  6. Soundings near Persepolis
  7. Aerial Archaeology in the Persepolis Area
  • Oriental Institute Communications 21
  • Chicago: Oriental Institute, 1939
  • Pp. xxi + 139, frontispiece; 97 figures
  • Paperback 6.75 × 9.625 in
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