Saturday, October 21, 2006

Oriental Institute Persepolis Volumes Available in Print

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



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