Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Squeeze of the Greek Inscriptional Form of the Letter 'Z'
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Subject:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Physical description:
Squeeze : 1 item (1 leaf) ; 16 cm. x 23 cm
Type:
Paper Squeezes
Place:
Iraq, Salah ad-Din, Samarra
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrā' (Iraq)
Date:
1911
Topic:
Abbasids
Art of the Islamic World
Inscriptions
Inscriptions, Greek
Local number:
S-31
FSA A.6 07.31.14
Notes:
- Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948," and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
Summary:
- Publication caption in German for abb.22 reads, "27-29. Auf Marmorstücken mit dem 'Samarra-Fries', siehe 'wandschmuck'; Ubaid; H[ārūn?]; Z der griech. Buchstabe. Die Nummern 20-30 zeigen, daβ die gleichen Marmormuster nebeneinander von Steinmetzen ausgeführt wurden, die arabisch oder griechisch schrieben; die landsmannschaftliche Trennung der Arbeiter, die man in der Umayyadenzeit bei den Leiturgien beobachten kann, gibt es nicht mehr."
Publications:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1948: "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin."
Cite as:
The Ernst Herzfeld papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): al-Quraina, House I, Room 1: View of Wall with Ornamentation [graphic]
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Subject:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Physical description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 11.9 cm. x 16.9 cm
Type:
Photographic prints
Place:
Iraq, Salah ad-Din, Samarra, al-Quraina
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrā' (Iraq)
Date:
1911
1911-1913
Topic:
Abbasids
Architecture
Art of the Islamic World
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mural painting and decoration
Stucco
Local number:
FSA A.6 04.19.139
Notes:
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Ernst Herzfeld's publication, "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 1: Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und seine Ornamentik."
Summary:
Original publication caption reads, "Orn. 70; Orn. 152; Orn. 162."
Additional information in publication reads, "70. Haus I, Zimmer 1; Tafel LX, vgl. Abb. bei Orn. 152 und 162."
Additional information in publication reads, "152. Haus I, Zimmer 1; Westwand des Südflügels des Tau-förmigen Raumes; Tafel LX, Abb. 151."
Additional information in publication reads, "162. Haus I, Zimmer 1; Südwand des Südflügels des Tau-förmigen Raumes; Tafel LX, Abb. 162."
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negatives; Paper squeeze applied on wall."
Publications:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1923: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 1; Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, Berlin. Plate LX, top."
Cite as:
The Ernst Herzfeld papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): al-Quraina, House I, Room 1: View of Wall with Ornamentation [graphic]
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Subject:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Physical description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 11.2 cm. x 17 cm
Type:
Photographic prints
Place:
Iraq, Salah ad-Din, Samarra, al-Quraina
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrā' (Iraq)
Date:
1911
1911-1913
Topic:
Abbasids
Architecture
Art of the Islamic World
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mural painting and decoration
Stucco
Local number:
FSA A.6 04.19.140
Notes:
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Ernst Herzfeld's publication, "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 1: Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und seine Ornamentik."
Summary:
Original publication caption reads, "Orn. 70; Orn. 8; Orn. 162."
Additional information in publication reads, "70. Haus I, Zimmer 1; Tafel LX, vgl. Abb. bei Orn. 152 und 162."
Additional information in publication reads, "8. Haus I, Zimmer 1; Rahmen von Orn. 162; Tafel LXI, Abb. 11."
Additional information in publication reads, "162. Haus I, Zimmer 1; Südwand des Südflügels des Tau-förmigen Raumes; Tafel LX, Abb. 162."
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negatives; Paper squeeze applied on wall."
Publications:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1923: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 1; Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, Berlin. Plate LX, bottom."
Cite as:
The Ernst Herzfeld papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Squeeze of Arabic Inscription, Inscribed on Beam Found in the Great Iwan of Balkuwara Palace, 1911-1913
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Subject:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Physical description:
1 paper squeeze : b&w ; 4 in.x 19 in. (10.1 cm. x 48.2 cm.)
Type:
Paper Squeezes
Place:
Iraq, Salah ad-Din, Samarra, Balkuwara
Asia
Iraq
Sāmarrā' (Iraq)
Date:
1911
1911-1913
Topic:
Art of the Islamic World
Excavations (Archaeology)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions, Arabic
Local number:
A-03
FSA A.6 06.A003
Notes:
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Joseph Upton's Finding Aid
Summary:
Additional information from staff reads, "It was in the Eastern Īwān of the Balkuwārā Palace that the well-known beam with the inscription "al-amīr al-Mutazz bi-llāh b. amīr al-Muminīn," carved into one of the sides, was recovered. Three paper squeezes, FSA A.6 06.A003 (left), FSA A.6 06.A003a (center), and FSA A.6 06.A003b (right), were applied on the single inscription."
Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 3: [no neg]. Four duplicate squeezes, single line, numbered 3/3c. Marked in red "SAM"; in blue 499."
Cite as:
The Ernst Herzfeld papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Squeeze of Arabic Inscription, Inscribed on Beam Found in the Great Iwan of Balkuwara Palace, 1911-1913
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Subject:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Physical description:
1 paper squeeze : b&w ; 4 in.x 19 in. (10.1 cm. x 48.2 cm.)
Type:
Paper Squeezes
Place:
Iraq, Salah ad-Din, Samarra, Balkuwara
Asia
Iraq
Sāmarrā' (Iraq)
Date:
1911
1911-1913
Topic:
Art of the Islamic World
Excavations (Archaeology)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions, Arabic
Local number:
A-03
FSA A.6 06.A003a
Notes:
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Joseph Upton's Finding Aid
Summary:
Additional information from staff reads, "It was in the Eastern Īwān of the Balkuwārā Palace that the well-known beam with the inscription "al-amīr al-Mutazz bi-llāh b. amīr al-Muminīn," carved into one of the sides, was recovered. Three paper squeezes, FSA A.6 06.A003 (left), FSA A.6 06.A003a (center), and FSA A.6 06.A003b (right), were applied on the single inscription."
Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 3: [no neg]. Four duplicate squeezes, single line, numbered 3/3c. Marked in red "SAM"; in blue 499."
Cite as:
The Ernst Herzfeld papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Squeeze of Arabic Inscription, Inscribed on Beam Found in the Great Iwan of Balkuwara Palace, 1911-1913
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Subject:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Physical description:
1 paper squeeze : b&w ; 4 in.x 19 in. (10.1 cm. x 48.2 cm.)
Type:
Paper Squeezes
Place:
Iraq, Salah ad-Din, Samarra, Balkuwara
Asia
Iraq
Sāmarrā' (Iraq)
Date:
1911
1911-1913
Topic:
Art of the Islamic World
Excavations (Archaeology)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions, Arabic
Local number:
A-03
FSA A.6 06.A003b
Notes:
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Joseph Upton's Finding Aid
Summary:
Additional information from staff reads, "It was in the Eastern Īwān of the Balkuwārā Palace that the well-known beam with the inscription "al-amīr al-Mutazz bi-llāh b. amīr al-Muminīn," carved into one of the sides, was recovered. Three paper squeezes, FSA A.6 06.A003 (left), FSA A.6 06.A003a (center), and FSA A.6 06.A003b (right), were applied on the single inscription."
Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 3: [no neg]. Four duplicate squeezes, single line, numbered 3/3c. Marked in red "SAM"; in blue 499."
Cite as:
The Ernst Herzfeld papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Squeeze of Inscription of al-Mutazz, Inscribed on Beam Found in the Great Iwan of Balkuwara Palace, 1911-1913
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Subject:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Physical description:
1 paper squeeze : b&w ; 4 in.x 26 in. (10.1 cm. x 66 cm.)
Type:
Paper Squeezes
Place:
Iraq, Salah ad-Din, Samarra, Balkuwara
Asia
Iraq
Sāmarrā' (Iraq)
Date:
1911
1911-1913
Topic:
Art of the Islamic World
Excavations (Archaeology)
Inscriptions
Inscriptions, Arabic
Local number:
A-03
FSA A.6 06.A003c
Notes:
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Joseph Upton's Finding Aid
Summary:
Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 3: [no neg]. Four duplicate squeezes, single line, numbered 3/3c. Marked in red "SAM"; in blue 499."
Cite as:
The Ernst Herzfeld papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
"Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879-1948) was an orientalist whose many talents led him to explore all phases of Near Eastern culture, from the prehistoric period to Islamic times and from linguistics and religion to art and architecture." [Margaret Cool Root, 1976: "The Herzfeld Archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 119-124."]
Summary:
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 1: Travel journals
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 3: Notebooks
- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files" contains 3,790 glass negatives, of which Herzfeld had blueprints made. There are also 21 binders made of photographic prints and three albums. In addition to the glass negatives and the photo files, there is a large number of cut films and a package of duplicate prints which are, for the most part, unpublished
- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 5: Drawings and Maps" comprises 1,562 drawings and 70 maps, published and unpublished, with observations on topography, landscape, archaeological remains, architecture, and artifacts
- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions" is organized into three subdivisions: FSA A.6 06.A, 100 items, inscriptions in Arabic language; FSA A.6 06.C, 129 items, inscriptions in Cuneiform writing; FSA A.6 06.M, 164 items, Middle-Persian and Parthian inscriptions. The paper squeezes relate primarly to several archaeological expeditions carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in the Middle East, from 1908 to 1934; to a trial excavation and an excavation campaign carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in Persepolis and several nearby sites, from 1923 to 1934; and to three expeditions to Paikuli (Iraq), in 1911, 1913, and 1923
- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions" is organized into 135 units of original materials (drawings, sketches, sketchbooks, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, blueprints, notes, diaries, prints, journals, publications, articles, clippings, rubbings) from two campaigns of excavation at Samarra in Iraq, carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913
Publications:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1907: "Samarra, Aufnahmen und Untersuchungen zur Islamischen Archaeologie. Behrend & Co, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1910: "Iranische felsreliefs; aufnahmen und untersuchungen von denkmälern aus alt- und mittelpersischer zeit. Berlin, E. Wasmuth A.-G."
Herzfeld, Ernst and Sarre, Friedrich, 1911: "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, Band I. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst and Sarre, Friedrich, 1911: "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, Band III. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1912: "Erster Vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen von Samarra. Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1914: "Die Aufnahme des Sasanidischen Denkmals von Paikuli. Verlag der Konigl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst and Sarre, Friedrich, 1920: "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, Band II. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst and Sarre, Friedrich, 1920: "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, Band IV. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1920: "Am Tor Von Asien, Felsdenkmale aus Irans Heldenzeit. Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, A.-G., Verlag in Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1923: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra I, Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und Seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1923-31: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band II and III. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1924: "Paikuli: Monument and Inscription of the Early History of the Sasanian Empire; Volume II, containing 228 plates. Berlin: D. Reimer, Ernst Vohsen."
Friedrich Sarre, 1925: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra II, Die Keramik von Samarra. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1927: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra III, Die Malereien von Samarra. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin."
Lamm, Carl Johan, 1928: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra IV, Das Glas von Samarra. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1930: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra V, Die Vorgeschichtlichen Töpfereien von Samarra. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1935: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band VII. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1938: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band IX. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1941: "Iran in the Ancient East. Archaeological Studies Presented in the Lowell Lectures at Boston. London: Oxford University Press."
Herzfeld, Ernst. "Ars Islamica, IX, 'Damascus:Studies in Architecture, I. The Mukarnas Dome. The Madrasa'. Published by Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan."
Herzfeld, Ernst. "Ars Islamica, X (1943). Damascus: Studies in Architecture, II. 'The Cruciform Plan. Syrian Architecture, Period of Nūr ad-Dīn'. Published by Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan."
Herzfeld, Ernst: "Ars Islamica, XI-XII (1946). Damascus: Studies in Architecture, III. 'The Ayyubid Madrasa. The Turba'. Published by Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan."
Herzfeld, Ernst. "Ars Islamica, XIII-XIV. Damascus: Studies in Architecture, IV. 'The Mosque'. Published by Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan."
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1948: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra VI, Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin."
Herzfeld, Ernst. "Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum, Deuxième Partie : Syrie du Nord, Inscriptions et Monuments d'Alep. Tome II. Le Caire; Imprimerie de L'Institut Francais d'Archaéologie Orientale, 1954."
Northedge, Alastair, 1993: "An Interpretation of the Palace of the Caliph at Samarra (Dar Al-Khilafa or Jawsaq Al-Khaqani). In Ars Orientalis, Vol. 23."
Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein."
Ann C. Gunter and Stefan R. Hauser, 2004: "Ernst Herzfeld and the development of Near Eastern Studies, 1900-1950. Boston, Massasuchetts: Brill."
Cite as:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Subject:
Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948
Physical description:
Squeezes : 393 items; various dimensions
Type:
Paper Squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Iran
Iṣfahān (Iran)
Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran)
Paikuli (Iraq)
Pasargadae (Extinct city)
Persepolis (Iran)
Sāmarrā' (Iraq)
Tāq-e Bostān Site (Iran)
Date:
1911
Topic:
Achaemenian inscriptions
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Art of the Islamic World
Excavations (Archaeology)
Cuneiform inscriptions
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian
Cuneiform inscriptions, Elamite
Inscriptions
Inscriptions, Arabic
Inscriptions, Pahlavi
Inscriptions, Parthian
Middle Persian language
Old Persian inscriptions
Relief (Sculpture)
Sassanids
Textile design
Local number:
FSA A.6 Series 6
Notes:
- For the Arabic inscriptions, titles are provided by FSg Archives staff based on Ernst Herzfeld's publication, "Iran in the Ancient East. Archaeological Studies Presented in the Lowell Lectures at Boston. London: Oxford University Press, 1941," and Joseph Upton's Finding Aid
- For the Cuneiform inscriptions, titles are provided by FSg Archives staff based on the publication, "Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum; Part I, Inscriptions of Ancient Iran; Vol. I, The Old Persian Inscriptions; Portfolio I: Plates i-xlviii. Old Persian Inscriptions of the Persepolis platform. Edited by A. Shapur Shahbazi. Published by Lund Humphries, London, 1985;" and Roland G. Kent's publication, "Old Persian. Grammar, Texts, Lexicon. 2nd Revised Edition. American Oriental Society, Vol. 33. American Oriental Society, New Haven, Connecticut, 1953," and Joseph Upton's Finding Aid
- For the Middle-Persian and Parthian inscriptions, titles are provided by FSg Archives staff based on Ernst Herzfeld's publication, "Paikuli: Monument and Inscription of the Early History of the Sasanian Empire; Berlin: D. Reimer, 1924;" Helmut Humbach and Prods O. Skjærvø's publication, "The Sassanian Inscription of Paikuli; Supplement to Herzfeld's Paikuli. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1980;" and Joseph Upton's Finding Aid
Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Series VI: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions."
"Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879-1948) was an orientalist whose many talents led him to explore all phases of Near Eastern culture, from the prehistoric period to Islamic times and from linguistics and religion to art and architecture." [Margaret Cool Root, 1976: "The Herzfeld Archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 119-124."]
Summary:
- Additional information related to paper squeezes in Arabic language reads, "100 paper squeezes taken at the following archaeological sites: Bistam (Iran), Congregational Mosque, 1 Inscription in Floral Kufic Script, 5 items. Isfahan (Iran), Tomb in Imamzada Ismail Mausoleum and Tomb in Masjid-i Ali, 4 inscriptions, in Kufic and Naskhi Script, 4 items. Kale i Khosrawi (Iran), unidentified building, 1 Inscription in Kufic Script, 1 item. Pasargadae (Iran), Mausoleum of Cyrus the Great, Mashhad-i-Madar-i-Suleiman, 9 inscriptions, 20 items. Pasargadae (Iran), Gate R (Palace with the Relief), 1 inscription, 1 item. Persepolis (Iran), Tachara, 5 Inscriptions, in Kufic and Naskhi Script, 6 items. Rayy (Iran), Tughril Mausoleum, 1 Inscription, 1 item. al-Dūr (Iraq), Mausoleum Imām al-Dūr, 1 inscription, 1 item. Sāmarrā' (Iraq), Balkuwārā Palace, 1 sgraffito, 1 item. Sāmarrā' (Iraq), unidentified building, 1 inscription, 4 items. Shiraz (Iran), Khatun Mausoleum, 2 inscriptions, in Naskhi Script, 2 items. Shiraz (Iran), Shāh Dāi, 3 inscriptions, 3 items. Sunghur (Iran), unidentified gravestone, 2 inscriptions, in Kufic Script, 4 items. Taq-i Bustan (Iran), Sassanid Rock Reliefs, 3 inscriptions, 4 items. Tus (Iran), Haruniya Mausoleum, 4 inscriptions, 10 items. Miscellaneous objects, 33 items related to unidentified Arabic inscriptions on diverse objects and 1 item related to unidentified Cuneiform inscription."
- Additional information related to paper squeezes in Cuneiform writing reads, "129 paper squeezes taken at the following archaeological sites: Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran), Tomb of Darius I, 3 inscriptions, DNb: Old Persian Version, 30 items; Akkadian Version, 30 items; Elamite Version, 9 items. Persepolis (Iran), Southern Terrace Wall, 4 "Foundation Inscriptions," DPd: Old Persian Version, 5 items, DPe: Old Persian Version, 7 items, DPf: Elamite Version, 7 items, DPg: Akkadian Version, 8 items. Persepolis (Iran), Apadana, 1 Inscription, XPba, Old Persian Version, 7 items. Persepolis (Iran), Tachara, 4 Inscriptions, XPca: Old Persian, Akkadian, and Elamite Version, 3 items; XPcb: Old Persian, Akkadian, and Elamite Version, 5 items; A3Pb: Old Persian Version, 3 items; DPa?: Elamite Version, 1 item. Persepolis (Iran), Hadish, 1 Inscription, XPd(west): Old Persian Version, 1 item. Persepolis (Iran), Palace H, 1 Inscription, A3Pc: Old Persian Version, 4 items. Persepolis (Iran), unidentified, 1 Inscription, XPb? or XPd?: Akkadian Version, 2 items. Sarpul (Iran), Rock Relief depicting Triumph of Annubanini, 1 inscription, Akkadian version, 1 item. Bonze tablets, 'Abdadana Tablet', 3 items; unidentified tablet, 2 items."
- Additional information related to paper squeezes from the Sassanian Inscription of Paikuli (Iraq) reads, "164 paper squeezes taken at the following archaeological sites: Paikuli (Iraq), 1 inscription, Middle-Persian version, 98 items. Paikuli (Iraq), 1 inscription, Parthian version, 63 items. . Paikuli (Iraq), Unidentified inscription, Unidentified version, 2 items. Persepolis (Iran), Tachara, 1 inscription, Middle-Persian version, 1 item."
Publications:
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1910: "Iranische felsreliefs; aufnahmen und untersuchungen von denkmälern aus alt- und mittelpersischer zeit. Berlin, E. Wasmuth A.-G."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1920: "Am Tor Von Asien, Felsdenkmale aus Irans Heldenzeit. Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, A.-G., Verlag in Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1924: "Paikuli: Monument and Inscription of the Early History of the Sasanian Empire; Volume II, containing 228 plates. Berlin: D. Reimer, Ernst Vohsen."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 19230-31: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band II and III. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1935: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band VII. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1938: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band IX. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1941: "Iran in the Ancient East. Archaeological Studies Presented in the Lowell Lectures at Boston. London: Oxford University Press."
Cite as:
The Ernst Herzfeld papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C
