Chicago's Persian heritage crisis

Chicago's Persian heritage crisis "(تاراج سرمايه باستانی ايران در شيکاگو in Persian) refers to a threat to seize invaluable Persian antiquities kept at the University of Chicago by the United States federal courts and also a threat to numerous other Persian antiquities kept in the Field museum in Chicago. It has been seen by Iranians as an example for the hostility of United States federal court system toward Iranian people and Persian heritage" Article in Wikipedia.

Biographical Sketch of David Malcolm Lewis

LEWIS, David Malcolm, (b. London, UK, 7.6.1928; d. Oxford, UK, 12.7.1994), distinguished historian and epigrapher of Greece in the fifth and fourth century BCE and, by extension, of the Achaemenid empire, by Amelie Kuhrt in Encyclopaedia Iranica.

Iranian Embassy Statement on the Persepolis Fortification Tablets

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Amman. Statment on the Persepolis Fortification Tablets [Issued also at other Iranian Embassies]

Skjaervo's Introduction to Old Persian

Not directly related to the Persepolis Fortification Archive (but more directly related than it was a few weeks ago), is P. Oktor Skjaervo, Introduction to Old Persian, one of six guides to Iranian languages and religions he has made publicly available at Iranian Studies at Harvard University.

Dandamayev on the Persepolis Tablets

PERSEPOLIS ELAMITE TABLETS, by Muhammad Dandamayev, appearing originally in Encyclopaedia Iranica.

Biographical Sketch of Ernst Emil Herzfeld

HERZFELD, ERNST EMIL, (1879-1948), archeologist, philologist, and polyhistor, one of the towering figures in ancient Near Eastern and Iranian studies during the first half of the 20th century. To him we owe many decisive contributions to Islamic, Sasanian, and Prehistoric archeology and history of Iran, Iraq, and Syria. He was the first professor for Near Eastern archeology in the world and instrumental in drafting and issuing the first Persian law of antiquities, by Stefan R. Hauser, David Stronach, Hubertus von Gall, Prods Oktor Skjœrvø, and Josef Wiesehöfer in Encyclopaedia Iranica.



Two links added (November 25 2006):

Read the book: Ernst Herzfeld and the Development of Near Eastern Studies 1900-1950.

Look at the website of the Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft.

Read Milestones in the Development of Achaemenid Historiography in the Times of Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948), by Pierre Briant

Biographical Sketch of George Glenn Cameron

CAMERON, GEORGE GLENN , philologist and his­torian, b. 30 July 1905 in Washington, Pennsylvania, d. 14 September 1979 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Cameron received the A.B. degree from Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, in 1927. After two years as a high­-school teacher and principal he took A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Chicago in 1930 and 1932 respectively, by Gernot L. Windfuhr in Encyclopaedia Iranica.

A digital version of George G. Cameron 1905-1979, by Matthew W. Stolper, in The Biblical Archaeologist, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Summer, 1980), pp. 183-189, is available at JSTOR to those whose institutions provide access.

Musée achéménide virtuel et interactif (Mavi)

Musée achéménide virtuel et interactif (Mavi)

"Un vaste "Musée achéménide virtuel et interactif" (Mavi) de plus de 8.000 pièces, consacré au patrimoine de l'Empire Perse de Cyrus à Alexandre le Grand, est désormais consultable sur internet à l'initiative d'un professeur du Collège de France, Pierre Briant."

An extraordinary new resources, Mavi includes (among many other things) illustrations of the published seal impressions from Persepolis Fortification Tablets.

A brochure describing MAVI in detail is available in French and in English.

Mavi is the Site du mois for November at www.jesuites.com!

Biographical Sketch of Richard Treadwell Hallock

HALLOCK, RICHARD TREADWELL (b. Passaic, New Jersey, 5 April 1906, d. Chicago, 20 November 1980), Elamitologist and Assyriologist, whose magnum opus, Persepolis Fortification Tablets, transformed the study of the languages and history of Achaemenid Persia, by Charles E. Jones and Matthew W. Stolper in Encyclopaedia Iranica.

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Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative wiki

Hallock, Richard Treadwell: Entry in the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative wiki [As of 16 Nov, 2006, the text of the Encyclopaedia Iranica biographical sketch of Richard Treadwell Hallock has been added to the CDLI wiki.]

Cameron, George Glenn: Entry in the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative wiki

On 3-4 November 2006, there was a colloque: "Archives des Persépolis" at the Collège de France. View the program.

Pestle Heads with Inked Aramaic Inscriptions from the Perspolis Treasury

Pestle Heads of Green Chert with Aramaic Inscriptions, Used as Ritual Objects. Found in the Treasury, P 60612


Pestle Heads of Green Chert with Aramaic Inscriptions, Used as Ritual Objects. Found in the Treasury, P 60609

Ritual Objects of Polished Green Chert, Left: Mortar; Right: Pestle, From the Treasury, P 57934

Oriental Institute Persepolis Volumes Available in Print

[modifications of text and addition of the links to reviews November 27 2996]

• OIP 117. Seals on the Persepolis Fortification Tablets, Volume I: Images of Heroic Encounter. Mark B. Garrison and Margaret Cool Root. [This volume is also available online free of charge]
  
  
• OIP 92. Persepolis Fortification Tablets. R. T. Hallock.
  
  • Reviewed by: D. N. Mackenzie, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Vol. 34, No. 3 (1971), pp. 608-610
    
  
  
  
• OIP 91. Aramaic Ritual Texts from Persepolis. R. A. Bowman.
  
  • Reviewed by: Baruch A. Levine, Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 92, No. 1 (Jan., 1972), pp. 70-79
    
  • Reviewed by: J. B. Segal, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Vol. 35, No. 2 (1972), pp. 354-355
    
  
  
  
• OIP 70. Persepolis III: The Royal Tombs and Other Monuments. E. F. Schmidt.
  
  • Reviewed by: Oscar White Muscarella, American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 75, No. 4 (Oct., 1971), pp. 443-444
    
  • Reviewed by: A. D. H. Bivar, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Vol. 36, No. 2, In Honour of Walter Simon (1973), pp. 468-470
    
  
  
  
• Persepolis and Ancient Iran. U. Schneider. [This volume is also available online free of charge]
  
  • Reviewed by: George G. Cameron, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research No. 230 (Apr., 1978), pp. 79-80
    
  • Reviewed by: Margaret Cool Root, The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Vol. 37, No. 3 (Oct., 1978), pp. 201-202
  
  

The following are out of print and seldom appear on the used book market.

• Erich F. Schmidt
  Persepolis I: Structures, Reliefs, Inscriptions, OIP LXVIII (Chicago:
  University of Chicago Press,1953)
  
  
  
  • Reviewed by: H. Frankfort, Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 14, No. 1, Henri Frankfort Memorial Issue (Jan., 1955), pp. 61-64
    
  • Reviewed by: Herbert H. Paper, Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 77, No. 1 (Jan., 1957), pp. 49-50
    
  • Reviewed by: Christoph Clairmont, The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 75 (1955), pp. 176-177
    
  • Author(s) of Review: Charles K. Wilkinson, American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 59, No. 4 (Oct., 1955), pp. 334-337
    
  • Reviewed by: Edith Porada, Artibus Asiae Vol. 18, No. 2 (1955), pp. 216-219
  
  
  
• Erich F. Schmidt
  Persepolis II: Contents of the Treasury and Other Discoveries, OIP
  LXIX (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957)
  
  • Reviewed by: Charles K. Wilkinson, American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 63, No. 2 (Apr., 1959), pp. 198-202
    
  • Reviewed by: Edith Porada, Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan., 1961), pp. 66-71
    
  • Reviewed by: Vera S. Katrak, The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 79 (1959), pp. 214-215
  
  
  
• Erich F. Schmidt
  The Treasury of Persepolis and Other Discoveries in the Homeland of the Achaemenians, OIC XXI (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939)
  
  • Reviewed by: F. J. Tritsch, The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 62 (1942), pp. 105-106
    
  • Author(s) of Review: Valentin Müller, American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul., 1940), pp. 405-406
  
  
  
• George G. Cameron
  Persepolis Treasury Tablets, OIP LXV (Chicago: University of Chicago
  Press, 1948)
  
  • Reviewed by: Richard N. Frye, American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 60, No. 2 (Apr., 1956), p. 192
    
  
  

NABU: Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires

Articles in NABU relating to PersepolisThe online edition of NABU is made possible byachemenet

Giovinazzo, Grazia L’expression appa NG(-ma) hupe(-ma) en élamite achéménide

Giovinazzo, Grazia Bakabadda, un Egyptien à Persépolis

Giovinazzo, Grazia Le vin *shap dans les tablettes de Persépolis

Giovinazzo, Grazia na-ásh dans les tablettes de Persépolis

Jones, Charles E. Zishabarna (*Ciçafarnah), not Ushabarna in PFS 36*

Steve, Marie-Joseph Le déterminatif masculin BE en néo-élamite et élamite-achéménide

Stolper, Matthew W. No « garda of the fourth year » in PBS 2/1 91

Stolper, Matthew W. Ummanshipir the Elamite

Tavernier, Jan The Origin of DB Aram. 66-69

Tavernier, Jan The Iranian name Sá-ta-b/ma-ak-su

Vallat, François L’expression da-ma da-ak en élamite achéménide

Vallat, François Le signe PI + PIR dans les textes élamites de Malyan

Vallat, François L’expression « E.V. » (En Ville) à l’époque néo-élamite

Vallat, François Perse, Persépolis dans les textes achéménides rédigés en élamite

Vallat, François Le pseudo pronom personnel *kash en élamite achéménide

Vallat, François dUmu à l’époque néo-élamite

Vallat, François A propos de l’origine des tablettes élamites dites « de Ninive » conservées au British Museum

Vallat, François Épopée de Gilgamesh ou tablette économique de Persépolis? Ni l’un, ni l’autre!

Vallat, François Exit Préxaspès des textes de Persépolis

Persepolis Seals and Seal Impressions published in
PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN


Images at the Oriental Institute website

The Persepolis Fortification Tablet in the Schoyen Collection
[Updated February 20, 2007, with links to text and images at the new Schoyen Collection domain]



Click on the photo for the catalogue entry

This tablet is discussed in: Jones, Charles E.; Stolper, Matthew W. Fortification Texts Sold at the Auction of the Erlenmeyer Collection ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology

Persepolis Tablets published in
PERSEPOLIS AND ANCIENT IRAN

Wouter F. M. Henkelman, Charles E. Jones, Matthew W. Stolper: Article online

Henkelman, Wouter F. M.; Jones, Charles E.; Stolper, Matthew W. Clay Tags with Achaemenid Seal Impressions in the Dutch Institute of the Near East (NINO) and Elsewhere ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology

Charles E. Jones, Matthew W. Stolper: Article online

Jones, Charles E.; Stolper, Matthew W. Fortification Texts Sold at the Auction of the Erlenmeyer Collection ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology.

One of the tablets discussed in this article is illustrated in The Persepolis Fortification Tablet in the Schoyen Collection

Shahrokh Razmjou: Article online

Razmjou, Shahrokh. Project Report of the Persepolis Fortification Tablets in the National Museum of Iran ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology

Francois Vallat: Article online

The following articles by Francois Vallat relating to the Perspolis Tablets are available online from JSTOR. The links will only work for those who have access to JSTOR.

Deux Tablettes Elamites de l'Universite de Fribourg
François Vallat
Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 53, No. 4 (Oct., 1994), pp. 263-274

William Sumner: Article online

The following articles by William Sumner relating to the Perspolis Tablets are available online from JSTOR. The links will only work for those who have access to JSTOR.

Achaemenid Settlement in the Persepolis Plain
W. M. Sumner
American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 90, No. 1 (Jan., 1986), pp. 3-31

Mark B. Garrison: Articles online

The following articles by Mark B. Garrison relating to the Perspolis Tablets are available online from JSTOR. The links will only work for those who have access to JSTOR.

The Seal of Ariyāramna in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Mark B. Garrison; Paul Dion
Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 58, No. 1 (Jan., 1999), pp. 1-17

A Persepolis Fortification Seal on the Tablet MDP 11 308 (Louvre Sb 13078)
Mark B. Garrison
Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan., 1996), pp. 15-35

Matthew W. Stolper: Articles online

The following articles by Matthew W. Stolper relating to the Perspolis Tablets are available online from JSTOR. The links will only work for those who have access to JSTOR.

Stolper, Matthew W.
The Neo-Babylonian Text from the Persepolis Fortification, Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 43, No. 4 (Oct., 1984), pp. 299-310

Stolper, Matthew W.
George G. Cameron 1905-1979, The Biblical Archaeologist Vol. 43, No. 3 (Summer, 1980), pp. 183-189

The following articles are open access

Henkelman, Wouter F. M.; Jones, Charles E.; Stolper, Matthew W. Achaemenid Elamite Administrative Tablets, 2: The Qasr-i Abu Nasr Tablet, ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology

Henkelman, Wouter F. M.; Jones, Charles E.; Stolper, Matthew W. Clay Tags with Achaemenid Seal Impressions in the Dutch Institute of the Near East (NINO) and Elsewhere, ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology

Jones, Charles E.; Stolper, Matthew W. Fortification Texts Sold at the Auction of the Erlenmeyer Collection ARTA: Achaemenid Research on Texts and Archaeology

Arno Poebel: Articles online

The following articles by Arno Poebel relating to the Perspolis Tablets are available online from JSTOR. The links will only work for those who have access to JSTOR.

The King of the Persepolis Tablets the Nineteenth Year of Artaxerxes I
Arno Poebel
The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures Vol. 56, No. 3 (Jul., 1939), pp. 301-304

The Names and the Order of the Old Persian and Elamite Months during the Achaemenian Period
Arno Poebel
The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures > Vol. 55, No. 2 (Apr., 1938), pp. 130-141

George G. Cameron: Articles online

The following articles by George G. Cameron relating to the Perspolis Tablets are available online from JSTOR. The links will only work for those who have access to JSTOR

Darius' Daughter and the Persepolis Inscriptions
George G. Cameron
Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr., 1942), pp. 214-218

Persepolis Treasury Tablets Old and New
George G. Cameron
Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jul., 1958), pp. 161-176

New Tablets from the Persepolis Treasury
George G. Cameron; I. Gershevitch
Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 24, No. 3, Erich F. Schmidt Memorial Issue. Part One (Jul., 1965), pp. 167-192