NAMED IN THESE RECORDS AS THE HOLDER

The National Museum of Iran

Tehran

105

records held

24

listed on this page

openly licensed photographs

matched to our catalogue

105 records are held for this collection and 24 are listed here — the ones its own records tie to something biblical, audited first. The rest are in the research corpus, not on this page.

THE OBJECTS

What we hold for this collection.

CDLI Achaemenid XPf a

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid XPf a

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Pārśa (mod. Persepolis)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

NMI BK 00805

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: xerxes · persepolis

CDLI Achaemenid XPh a

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid XPh a

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Pārśa (mod. Persepolis) / PT3 142

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

NMI BK 00808

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: xerxes · persepolis

CDLI Achaemenid XPh b

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid XPh b

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Pārśa (mod. Persepolis) / PT3 143

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

NMI BK 04948

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

The museum's own record names a biblical person or place

Named in the record: xerxes · persepolis

CDLI Achaemenid A2Hb

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid A2Hb

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Ecbatana (mod. uncertain)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­NMI BK —

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

No biblical link recorded

CDLI Achaemenid DH ex. 01

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian; Elamite; Akkadian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid DH ex. 01

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian; Elamite; Akkadian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Ecbatana (mod. uncertain)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­NMI BK —

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

No biblical link recorded

CDLI Achaemenid DH ex. 02

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian; Elamite; Akkadian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid DH ex. 02

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian; Elamite; Akkadian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Ecbatana (mod. uncertain)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­NMI BK —

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

No biblical link recorded

CDLI Achaemenid DPh ex.01

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Akkadian; Persian; Elamite · clay

CDLI Achaemenid DPh ex.01

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian; Persian; Elamite

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Pārśa (mod. Persepolis)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­NMI BK —

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: persepolis

CDLI Achaemenid DPh ex.02

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Akkadian; Persian; Elamite · clay

CDLI Achaemenid DPh ex.02

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian; Persian; Elamite

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Pārśa (mod. Persepolis)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­NMI BK —

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: persepolis

CDLI Achaemenid DPh ex.03

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Akkadian; Persian; Elamite · clay

CDLI Achaemenid DPh ex.03

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian; Persian; Elamite

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Pārśa (mod. Persepolis)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­NMI BK —

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: persepolis

CDLI Achaemenid DPh ex.04

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Akkadian; Persian; Elamite · clay

CDLI Achaemenid DPh ex.04

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian; Persian; Elamite

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Pārśa (mod. Persepolis)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­NMI BK —

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: persepolis

CDLI Achaemenid DSab

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Akkadian; Persian; Elamite; Egyptian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid DSab

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Akkadian; Persian; Elamite; Egyptian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Susa (mod. Shush)

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

­NMI BK —

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: susa

CDLI Achaemenid XPf b

Achaemenid (547-331 BC) · Persian · clay

CDLI Achaemenid XPf b

DATE

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

CULTURE

Persian

PERIOD

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

FINDSPOT

Pārśa (mod. Persepolis) / PT 3 138

MEDIUM

clay

MUSEUM NUMBER

NMI BK 00807

RECORDED HOLDER

National Museum, Tehran, Iran

A place-name match in the museum's text — a search hit, not an identification

Named in the record: persepolis

Records and photographs are the museums' and archives' own, used under the licences each one states. A record here is a record, not an endorsement of any reading of the object.

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