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S-7: "Samarra, Tagebuch 2. Reise nach Sulaimaniyyah und nach Ktesiphon-Baghdad. Ernst Herzfeld". First pages are bibliographical notes on proposed trip. Trip began (p.6) June 2, 1911; he arrived at Paikuli via Khaniqin June 17th; back in Kerkuk June 24...

Catalog Data

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum  Search this
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Diary (1 volume (98 pages), 25.8 cm. x 21.3 cm.)
Container:
Volume S-7
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Notebooks
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911
Scope and Contents:
- FSA A.6 01.07, on which Joseph Upton's classification mentions "S-7", provides first an account of a round-trip expedition (June 3, 1911 to June 29, 1911) from Samarra to Paikuli; and second an account of a round-trip expedition (September 12, 1911 to October 8, 1911) from Samarra to Baghdad-Ktesiphon. Both journeys include topographical and archaeological notes, especially of Budkhaneh (Paikuli), Kerkuk, Imām Dūr, Balad, and Ctesiphon.
- Original title reads, "Samarra Tagebuch 2, Reise nach Sulaymānīyah und nach Ktesiphon Baghdad, Ernst Herzfeld."
- The account of the trip to Sulaymānīyah reads, "Dalu'iyyah, June 3, 1911 (pp. 6-8); Mandjūr, June 4, 1911 (pp. 8-10); Dalkāwah, June 5, 1911 (pp. 11-13); Abu Saidah, June 6, 1911 (pp. 13-16); Shahrabān, June 7, 1911 (pp. 17-18); Qyzrubāh (Qizil Robat, Qyzyl-ābād), June 8, 1911 (pp. 19-20); Khânigūn (Khanigin, Khāndjûn), June 9, 1911 (pp. 21-25); Khânigūn (Khanigin, Khāndjûn), June 11, 1911 (pp. 25-27); Haush Dury, June 12, 1911 (pp. 27-28); Qasr i Shirin, June 14, 1911 (pp. 28-31); Gūn gurūsh, June 15, 1911 (pp. 31); Būd Khāuch, Tel i Paikuli, June 17, 1911 (pp. 32-35); Būd Khāuch, June 18, 1911 (pp. 36-38); Qaradagh (Kara Dāgh), June 19, 1911 (pp. 38-39); Suleimēniyyah (Soleymaniyeh,Sulaymānīyah, Sulaimaniya), June 20, 1911 (p. 39); Suleimēniyyah (Soleymaniyeh, Sulaymānīyah, Sulaimaniya), June 23, 1911 (pp. 42); Tēnāw, June 22, 1911 (pp. 41); Tshemtshemāl, June 4, 1911 (pp. 46-48); Kerkūk (Karkūk, Kirkūk), June 24, 1911 (pp. 42-43); Kerkūk (Karkūk, Kirkūk), June 25, 1911 (pp. 43-45); Kerkūk (Karkūk, Kirkūk), June 26, 1911 (pp. 45-48); Busheriyyah, June 27, 1911 (pp.45-48); Hamrīn, June 28, 1911 (pp. 45-48); Imām Dūr, June 29, 1911 (pp. 48-50)."
- Additional information reads, "Draft of reply to Joseph Strzygowski's review of "Die Genesis der islamischen Kunst," (pp.51-57)."
- Additional information reads, "Notes on Gertrude Bell's Amurath to Amurath (london, 1911), (pp.58-62)."
- The account of the trip to Ctesiphon reads, "Balad, September 12, 1911 (pp. 63-67); Sumaikah, September 13, 1911 (pp. 68-73); Shari'ah al-Azam, September 14, 1911 (pp. 73-79); Ktesiphon, September 17, 1911 (pp. 79-82); Ktesiphon, September 18, 1911 (pp. 82-89); Seleukia, September 19, 1911 (pp. 89-94); Samarra, October 8, 1911 (p. 95)."
- Additional information reads, "Desiderata in Aleppo, (pp.96-98)."
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 1: Travel Journals; Diary of Two Expeditions From Samarra (Iraq) to Sulaimaniya (Iraq) and to Ctesiphon (Iraq)
Arrangement:
In the original arrangement of the Ernst Herzfeld Archive, Travel Journals were included in a larger body of diverse material acknowledged by Ernst Herzfeld as his study collection. In the early 1970s, Joseph Upton, for research purpose, rearranged the collection and created a specific series (Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 1: Travel Journals, 1905-1928) for eight travel journals. For some reason, Upton has given this journal an accession number related to the series he created for the Samarra material (Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions, 1906-1945), probably following Herzfeld's original organization.
Local Numbers:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, S-7 FSA A.06 07.07 FSA A.06 07.07
General:
Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Ernst Herzfeld's original diaries.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Description and Travel  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Parthians  Search this
Sassanids  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries
Notebooks
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, File FSA A.06 07.07
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3af53e060-fe1f-4c98-b37b-d7b73c892e34
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref10455