Background
Schmidt, Erich Friedrich was born on September 13, 1897 in Baden-Baden, Germany. Son of Erhard Friedrich and Frida (Loeffler) Schmidt.
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The third and final volume is linked with the preceding volumes mainly by the graphic and descriptive documentation of the tombs of the Achaemenid monarhs at Naqsh-i Rustam, and Persepolis, by a study of the excavated Achaemenid Tower at Naqsh-i Rastum, and by an appended review of tribute bearers and throne-bearers depicted in the Persepolis reliefs.
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Persepolis II concludes the report on many seasons of excavations (1935-1939) at the site and is the first publication to adequately illustrate and discuss the pottery of the period, an essential addition to Achaemenian archaeological studies. Persepolis II mainly deals with the minor antiquities recovered from the Treasury. Nevertheless, authentic objects of foreign manufacture provide material of far wider cosmopolitan interest to the archaeologist. Trophies of war and tribute from the satrapies of the Empire collected by successive generations of Achaemenid kings formed a large part of the contents of royal treasure houses.
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Schmidt, Erich Friedrich was born on September 13, 1897 in Baden-Baden, Germany. Son of Erhard Friedrich and Frida (Loeffler) Schmidt.
Student Friedrieh Wilhelm University, Berlin, 1921-1923. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1929.
Came to United States, 1923. Field director of archeological expedition to Arizona under auspices of America Museum of Natural History, New York, 1924-1926. Company-director to Asia Minor under auspices of Oriental Institute, Chicago, 1927-1929.
Field director to Mesopotamia and Persia under auspices of University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1931-1932.
Field director to Persia (Ray Expedition) under auspices of University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, and Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1934-1936. Became field director Persepolis Expedition, Iran, 1935-1939.
Organized Aerial Survey Expedition in Iran (Mary-Helen Warden Foundation). Associate professor of University Chicago, 1954, professor, 1962.
Officer German Army; made prisoner by Russians.
4 years in Siberia.
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Member American Oriental Society, Archaeological Institute of America.
Married Mary Helen Warden, 1934 (deceased). Married second, Lura Florence Strawn, 1943. Children: Richard Roderick and Erika Lura.