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Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Volume (Sketchbook (46 pages), 12.8 cm. x 25.7 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Volumes
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
The inventory numbers noted in the sketchbooks refer to entries in the Samarra Fundjournal (No.S-1) where rough sketches accompany detailed descriptions, location of finds, etc., cross-referenced to the sketchbooks of measured drawings. In the Fundjournal, the unpublished Houses have been re-numbered. Herzfeld used "In." as the abbreviation of Inventory in all his references, so that is used here.
- The first of a series of eighteen sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher), in which Ernst Herzfeld recorded his observations on archaeological remains, artifacts and decorative motifs, related to the congregational mosque; the palace of the Caliph (Dār al-Khilāfa, Bayt al-Khalīfah, Jawsaq al-Khaqani); the palace of Balkuwārā; the Qaṣr al-ʿĀshiq; and finally the residential architecture.
- The identification of the residential sites: "Herzfeld numbered all sites while the excavation was still in progress. When it became obvious that two courtyards with adjacent rooms turned out to belong to the same complex, however, he assigned new numbers. Herzfeld gave numbers to sixteen houses in various locations, splitting certain buildings into [a or b], naming in all twenty-four different sites. [...]. Unfortunately, Herzfeld changed the numbering of the houses a third time when he finished the final drawings for the publication, including only fourteen houses. [...]. In those cases in which Herzfeld noted on his field sketch either the name of the area or the new numbering of the house we can at least identify the site. These records indicate al-Quraina (Qurainah) as the location of Houses I to VI, [...], the area of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā with Houses VIII and IX, [...]." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003; p.121."]
- Original handwritten caption on cover reads, "Samarra 1; Funde; S-12."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 1 and 2 reads, "IN-1: Great Mosque (Gr. M.); IN-1: Great Mosque (Mosch.); IN-1: Great Mosque (Moschee); IN-2: Great Mosque (Moschee); Viollet; [Dār al-Khilāfa (Bayt al-Khalīfah)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 3 and 4 reads, "[Qaṣr al-ʿĀshiq]; --; IN-16: Miḥrāb, S. ʿAbbās; --; IN-13: Miḥrāb."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 5 and 6 reads, "IN-13: Miḥrāb; IN-13: Miḥrāb."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 7 and 8 reads, "IN-15: Ḥaram; IN-40: Bath (bad)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 9 and 10 reads, "IN-38: Dār al-Khilāfa (Bēt al-Khalīfah); IN-39; IN-36: [Dār al-Khilāfa]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 11 and 12 reads, "IN-18: Great Mosque, Miḥrāb (miḥrāb v. gr. Moschee); IN-27; IN-18: Great Mosque, Miḥrāb (miḥrāb v. Gr. Moschee)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 13 and 14 reads, "IN-19: Great Mosque, Miḥrāb (miḥrāb v. gr. Moschee); IN-19: Great Mosque, Miḥrāb (miḥrāb); IN-17: [Ḥaram]; IN-26: Great Mosque (Moschee); --."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 15 and 16 reads, "IN-49: [House IV], T-shaped hall ([formerly] Haus III, T-zimmer); IN-50: [House IV], T-shaped hall, [room 7] ([formerly] Haus III, T-zimmer); Takrit."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 17 and 18 reads, "IN-32; IN-33: [Dār al-Khilāfa (Bayt al-Khalīfah)]; IN-34: [Dār al-Khilāfa (Bayt al-Khalīfah)]; IN-35: [Dār al-Khilāfa (Bayt al-Khalīfah)]; IN-24: Great Mosque (Gr. M.); IN-28: Ḥaram; IN-21: Great Mosque (Gr. Moschee)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 19 and 20 reads, "IN-23: Mosque (Moschee); IN-30: Kāsat-i Firʿawn; IN-47: [House IV, room 6]; IN-48: Viollet [finds in Bāb al-Nasriyyah]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 21 and 22 reads, "IN-56; IN-61: [House IV, room 6] ([formerly] Haus B); IN-62: [House IV] ([formerly] Haus B); IN-63: [House IV] ([formerly] Haus B); IN-64: [House IV] ([formerly] Haus B); IN-65: [House II] ([formerly] Haus B)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 23 and 24 reads, "[Viollet finds]; [Ornament 34]; IN-58: [Ornament 4]; IN-59: [Dār al-Khilāfa]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 25 and 26 reads, "Viollet unpubl., [ornament 66]; [House V] ([formerly] Haus B); IN-77: House II ([formerly] Haus I); IN-76: House II ([formerly] Haus I); IN-71: House I, [room 1] ([formerly] Haus A)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 27 and 28 reads, "IN-69: House I ([formerly] Haus I); IN-70: House I ([formerly] Haus I); IN-72: House IV, [T-shaped hall] ([formerly] Haus III); IN-73: House IV ([formerly] Haus III); IN-74: House II ([formerly] Haus I); IN-75: House IV ([formerly] Haus III); IN-78: House II ([formerly] Haus I); [IN-50: House IV, T-shaped hall, room 7] ([formerly] Haus III, T-zimmer); IN-81: House III ([formerly] Haus II)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 29 and 30 reads, "House II, [room 41]; IN-80; IN-79: House II, [room 36, 37, or 38] ([formerly] Haus I)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 31 and 32 reads, "IN-254: Balkuwārā (Tell Mangūr); House II, T-shaped hall (Haus II, T-zimmer); IN-85: [House III, T-shaped hall] ([formerly] Haus II); [IN-85: House VIII, room 3]; IN-82: House III, courtyard ([formerly] Haus II, hof)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 33 and 34 reads, "IN-83; IN-86: Dār al-Khilāfa (Bayt al-Khalīfah); [Ornament 251]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 35 and 36 reads, "House IV, room 2 ([formerly] Haus III, zimmer 2); IN-189: House IX, room 4 ([formerly] Haus VI, zimmer 4); House III ([formerly] Haus II); IN-185: House IX, room 4 ([formerly] Haus VI, zimmer 4); IN-186: House IX, room 4 ([formerly] Haus VI, zimmer 4); IN-187: House IX, room 4 ([formerly] Haus VI, zimmer 4); IN-188: House IX, room 5 ([formerly] Haus VI, zimmer 5)."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 37 and 38 reads, "House west of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā; IN-199: Kūrah; IN-196: Weaver House, courtyard ([formerly] Haus Vb, Weber Haus, hof); IN-151: House VIa or Weaver House, courtyard ([formerly] Haus V, Weber Haus, hof), courtyard; IN-196: Weaver House, courtyard ([formerly] Haus Vb, Weber Haus, hof); IN-110: [House V ([formerly] Haus IV)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 39 and 40 reads, "IN-108: [House IV ([formerly] Haus III)]; IN-126: [House III ([formerly] Haus II)]; IN-141: [House VI ([formerly] Haus V)]; IN-116: [House II, west room ([formerly] Haus I, westen zimmer)]; IN-95: [House III, north room ([formerly] Haus II, nord zimmer)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 41 and 42 reads, "IN-160: [House VIIa ([formerly] Haus V)]; IN-168: [House VIII ([formerly] Haus Va)]; IN-129: [House II, west and east room ([formerly] Haus I, westen und ost zimmer)]; IN-129: House II, west and east room ([formerly] Haus I, westen und ost zimmer); IN-125: [House III ([formerly] Haus II)]; IN-176: House VI, north room ([formerly] Haus V, nord zimmer); IN-112: House IV, room 7 ([formerly] Haus III, zimmer 7); IN-111: House I, north room ([formerly] Haus I, nord zimmer); IN-120: [House II, west room ([formerly] Haus I, westen zimmer)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 43 and 44 reads, "IN-130: [House VII, bath ([formerly] Haus V, bad)]; IN-169: [House VI, northeast room ([formerly] Haus V, nordost zimmer)]; IN-128: [House III ([formerly] Haus II)]; IN-107: [House IV, room 6 ([formerly] Haus III, zimmer 6)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for pg. 45 and 46 reads, "IN-109: [House II, room 13 ([formerly] Haus I, zimmer 13)]; IN-103: [House IV ([formerly] Haus III)]; IN-102: [House IV ([formerly] Haus III)]; IN-149: [House VI ([formerly] Haus V)]; IN-123: House III, west room ([formerly] Haus II, westen zimmer); IN-150: [House VIa or Weaver House, courtyard ([formerly] Haus V, Weber Haus, hof)]."
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Finds, Sketchbook 1
Arrangement:
Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
Local Numbers:
S-12 FSA A.06 07.12
Former Title or Title Variations:
Ernst Herzeld; Samarra 1; Funde; S-12
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
- Since these are primary sources, handwritten captions in the sketchbook are specified in three stages: (1) an English designation following Thomas Leisten and Alastair Northedge's terminology; (2) the transcribed original caption in German which is provided under parenthesis; and (3) additonal information from Herzfeld's publication, "Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und Seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin, 1923." and Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003" which is provided under bracket.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Notes related primarly to the two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913.
Funding note:
Funded by
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
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Relief (Sculpture)  Search this
Religious buildings  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
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 07.12
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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/dc391d3ad7d-3285-455d-b8ce-9c58bd0ed947
EDAN-URL:
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