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Persepolis

Also known as: Persepolis; Parsa
Broader terms: x114815; Marv Dasht
Narrower terms: Apadana (Persepolis); Gate of All Nations; One Hundred Column Hall; Palace G (Persepolis); Palace of Darius (Persepolis); Palace of Xerxes; Tall-i Bakun (Persepolis); Treasury (Persepolis)

190 related objects

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.34 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.31 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.29 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2007,6025.1.1 |
Production date: 1894

album

Museum number: 2013,6018.1.1 |
Production date: 1931

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.32 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6044.1.30 |
Producer name: BIOG222010 Photographed by:George B Blaker |
Production date: 1930s

album; photographic print

Museum number: 2013,6015.1 |
Producer name: BIOG192457 Photographed by:Paul Gotch |
Production date: 1959-1966

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Museum number: EPH-ME.124.3d |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

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Museum number: 1849,1207.5 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

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Museum number: 1849,1207.4 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

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Museum number: 1824,0407.23 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

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Museum number: 2000,0328.9 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

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Museum number: 1849,1207.2 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

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Museum number: 1849,1207.6 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

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Museum number: 1849,1207.3 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

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Museum number: 1849,1207.1 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

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Museum number: 1878,1101.236 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

bag

Museum number: EPH-ME.528 |
Production date: 2010 |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran

banknote

Museum number: 2014,4024.1 |
Producer name: BIOG102796 Printed by:American Bank Note Co |
Authority: Ruler:Reza ShahIssuer:Bank-e Melli Iran |
Cultures/periods: x114008 Pahlavi dynasty |
Production date: 1932 |
Production place: Issued in:Iran

banknote; voucher

Museum number: 2019,4107.1 |
Authority: BIOG105219 Issuer:Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Production date: 2009 |
Production place: Issued in:Iran

beard

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.16-17 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

belt

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.11 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

belt; buckle

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.12 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

belt

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.10 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

block

Museum number: 118863 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

block

Museum number: 118862 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

block

Museum number: 118853 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

block

Museum number: 118852 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

block

Museum number: 118840 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 5thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Apadana (Persepolis)

block

Museum number: 118859 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

block

Museum number: 118861 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

block

Museum number: 118854 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

block

Museum number: 118860 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

block

Museum number: 118867 |
Authority: Ruler:Darius IRuler:Xerxes I |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Apadana (Persepolis)

block

Museum number: 118841 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 5thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Apadana (Persepolis)

book

Museum number: EPH-ME.125 |
Production date: 1971

boot

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.8-9 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

boot

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.4-5 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

boot

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.6-7 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

bow

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.3a |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

bow

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.3b |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

bow-case

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.3c |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

bowl

Museum number: 2009,6017.639 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

bowl

Museum number: 2009,6017.636 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

bowl

Museum number: 2009,6017.635 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

box

Museum number: EPH-ME.327 |
Production date: 2007 |
Production place: Made in:Qom (city)

box

Museum number: EPH-ME.586 |
Production place: Made in:Iran

bracelet

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.18-21 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

brick

Museum number: 2009,6017.675 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

cape

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.1e |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

cast; relief

Museum number: C.231 |
Producer name: BIOG70395 Made by:Lorenzo Giuntini |
Production date: 1892 |
Production place: Original from:Persepolis

cast; block

Museum number: 91236 |
Producer name: BIOG70395 Made by:Lorenzo Giuntini |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 358BC-338BC 1837-1901 |
Production place: Original from:Palace of Darius (Persepolis)Made in:Persepolis

cast; block

Museum number: C.46 |
Producer name: BIOG70395 Made by:Lorenzo Giuntini |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 358BC-338BC 1837-1901 |
Production place: Original from:Palace of Darius (Persepolis)Made in:Persepolis

cast; relief

Museum number: C.227.A |
Producer name: BIOG70395 Made by:Lorenzo Giuntini |
Production date: 1892 |
Production place: Original from:Persepolis

cast; column

Museum number: 1827,0501.31 |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Made in:Bushire (district) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

cast; block

Museum number: C.236.1 |
Producer name: BIOG70395 Made by:Lorenzo Giuntini |
Production date: 1892 |
Production place: Original from:Persepolis

cast; relief

Museum number: C.227 |
Producer name: BIOG70395 Made by:Lorenzo Giuntini |
Production date: 1892 |
Production place: Original from:Persepolis

cast; relief

Museum number: C.235 |
Producer name: BIOG70395 Made by:Lorenzo Giuntini |
Production date: 1892 |
Production place: Original from:Persepolis

chest

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.26 |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

chunk

Museum number: 124160 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 6thC BC-4thC BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

cigarette-box

Museum number: 2012,6024.1 |
Production date: 20thC (early) |
Production place: Made in:Iran

coaster

Museum number: EPH-ME.518 |
Production date: 2010 |
Production place: Made in:Tehran (city) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Tehran (city)

coin

Museum number: 1889,1014.687 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

coin

Museum number: 1889,1014.685 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

coin

Museum number: 1872,1202.2 |
Authority: BIOG86651 Issuer:Bagadat I |
Production date: 3rdC BC |
Production place: Minted in:Persis (historic - region)

coin

Museum number: 1889,1014.686 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

column

Museum number: 123317 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

column

Museum number: 136209 |
Authority: Ruler:Xerxes IRuler:Artaxerxes I |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 5thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:One Hundred Column Hall

crown

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.3g |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

cup

Museum number: EPH-ME.462 |
Production date: 2005 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

cylinder seal

Museum number: 89754 |
Cultures/periods: x41321 Early Dynastic III |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

cylinder seal

Museum number: 89681 |
Cultures/periods: x14370 Old Babylonian |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

cylinder seal

Museum number: 89545 |
Cultures/periods: x13587 Akkadian |
Production date: 2400BC-2200BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

cylinder seal

Museum number: 89751 |
Cultures/periods: Early Dynastic IIIAkkadian |
Production date: 2400BC-2200BC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

cylinder seal

Museum number: 89195 |
Cultures/periods: x14370 Old Babylonian |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

drawing

Museum number: 2014,6012.4 |
Producer name: BIOG21002 Drawn by:William Henry Brooke |
Production date: 1772-1860

figure

Museum number: EPH-ME.407 |
Production date: 2004 |
Production place: Made in:Isfahan (town)

figure

Museum number: EPH-ME.409 |
Production date: 2004 |
Production place: Made in:Isfahan (town)

figure

Museum number: EA14366 |
Cultures/periods: x13554 26th Dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

figure

Museum number: EPH-ME.408 |
Production date: 2004 |
Production place: Made in:Isfahan (town)

figure

Museum number: EPH-ME.410 |
Production date: 2004 |
Production place: Made in:Isfahan (town)

flask

Museum number: 1989,1018.1 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Production date: 11thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

floor

Museum number: 2009,6017.640 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 5thC BC |
Production place: Made in:Iran |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Persepolis

floor

Museum number: 2000,0328.10 |
Cultures/periods: x13574 Achaemenid |
Production date: 520BC-400BC |
Production place: Made in:Persepolis |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Persepolis

gown

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.3f |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

gown

Museum number: EPH-ME.124.2c |
Cultures/periods: x14395 Persian |
Production date: 1971

greeting-card

Title: Kourosh |
Museum number: EPH-ME.1208 |
Producer name: BIOG216203 Published by:Shakiba Gallery |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.1218 |
Producer name: Published by:Gooya BooksDesigned by:Ali Akbar Sadeghi |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.1219 |
Producer name: Published by:Gooya BooksDesigned by:Camellia Shojaee |
Production date: 21stC |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Title: Kourosh |
Museum number: EPH-ME.1207 |
Producer name: BIOG216203 Published by:Shakiba Gallery |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.1214 |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.1221 |
Producer name: BIOG216204 Published by:Gooya Books |
Production date: 21stC |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Title: Kourosh |
Museum number: EPH-ME.1209 |
Producer name: BIOG216203 Published by:Shakiba Gallery |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Title: Kourosh |
Museum number: EPH-ME.1211 |
Producer name: BIOG216203 Published by:Shakiba Gallery |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.1215 |
Producer name: BIOG216203 Printed by:Shakiba Gallery |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Title: Kourosh |
Museum number: EPH-ME.1210 |
Producer name: BIOG216203 Published by:Shakiba Gallery |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.1217 |
Producer name: BIOG216206 Designed by:M Hoshyar |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.1216 |
Production date: 1990s |
Production place: Published in:Tehran (city)

greeting-card

Museum number: EPH-ME.510 |
Production date: 2010 |
Production place: Printed in:Iran |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Iran