Persepolis Fortification Archive

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Persepolis_Fortification_Archive
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf archaeological archive
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Darius_I
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Oriental_Institute,_University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Persepolis,_Iran
1933
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Ernst_Herzfeld
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Persepolis Fortification Archive
gptkbp:language gptkb:Aramaic
Akkadian
Assyrian
Old Persian
gptkbp:legalStatus subject of international legal dispute
gptkbp:location gptkb:Persepolis
gptkbp:material clay tablets
gptkbp:numberOfRooms about 30,000 tablets and fragments
gptkbp:period gptkb:Achaemenid_Empire
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Persepolis_Treasury_Tablets
gptkbp:significance primary source for Achaemenid administration
gptkbp:startDate 509–494 BCE
gptkbp:subject administrative records
economic records
labor and personnel management
rations and food distribution
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Persepolis
gptkbp:writingSystem cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Persepolis_Fortification_Archive_Project
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8