1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 62.2 cm. x 81.6 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 50.5 cm. x 64 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 64.7 cm. x 38.4 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 30.7 cm. x 35.6 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 25.5 cm. x 17.8 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 18.2 cm. x 22 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 15.5 cm. x 25.8 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- 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 16 houses in various locations, splitting certain buildings into, for instance, House Va or XIb, naming in all 24 different sites. [...]. Unfortunately, Herzfeld changed the numbering of the houses a third time when he finished the final drawings for the publication, including only 14 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-VI, connect al-Qāṭūn with House XI, the area of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā with Houses VIII and IX, and a House XVII with Jubairiyya." [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 caption for item 'a' reads, "Qurainah, Haus I." Additional information for item 'a' reads, "Quraina. House I and II. Decorative motifs are specified in room 1, room 38, room 41, and in the great courtyard."
- Original caption for item 'b' reads, "Haus VI (Qurainah) (früher V), Haus VII (früher V) (terrassen Haus)." Additional information for item 'b' reads, "Quraina. House VI and VII. Decorative motifs are specified in room 1, and room 6."
- Original caption for item 'c' reads, "Qurainah, Haus III (früher II)." Additional information for item 'c' reads, "Quraina. House I and II. Decorative motifs are specified in room 1 and 2, room 16, room 19, room 23, and room 31."
- Original caption for item 'd' reads, "Qurainah, (Haus III), Haus IV." Additional information for item 'd' reads, "Quraina. House IV. Decorative motifs are specified in room 1, and room 7."
- Original caption for item 'e' reads, "Qāṭūn, Haus VII (7), Haus XIa." Additional information for item 'e' reads, "Qāṭūn. House XI. Decorative motifs are specified in room 1, and room 2."
- Original caption for item 'f' reads, "Qurainah, Haus VIII (früher Haus Va)." Additional information for item 'f' reads, "Quraina. House VIII. Decorative motifs are specified in room 4, and room 5."
- Original caption for item 'g' reads, "Westlich Ṣūr ʿĪṣā, Haus XIV (früher Haus VIII)." Additional information for item 'g' reads, "West of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā. House XIV. Decorative motifs are specified in room 1."
Arrangement:
- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
- S-30 is organized into 17 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-30
FSA A.06 07.30.01
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
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.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
