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Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor, 1865-1945  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 11.6 cm. x 16.7 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- al-Quraina
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information fro Finding Aid reads, "IN-90; Kiste 10, kleine holz kiste mit 77; Haus II (früher I), in zimmer 27; Anfang March [1911]."
- Additional information fro Finding Aid reads, "IN-118 b; Kiste 9; B.M.; Haus II (früher I), westzimmer; [excavated on] March 12, 1911."
- Original publication caption reads, "94. IN-91; Abb. 69; Ähnlicher, besser geformter, hellblau glasierter Krug; Fundort: Haus IV."
- Original publication caption reads, "98. IN-92; Abb. 72; Kleiner blauglasierter Salbentopf roher Form; Fundort: Haus II."
- Original publication caption reads, "99. IN-88; Abb. 73; Kleiner blauglasierter Topf roher Form; Fundort: Haus III."
- Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."
Arrangement:
Prints are organized in sequential number following publication series, "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra." They are arranged in photo file folders which are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves.
Local Numbers:
Box 11, File 20, Folder 7, Image 5b FSA A.06 04.PF.20.010
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Friedrich Sarre's publication, "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 2: Die Keramik von Samarra."
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Prints related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
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
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
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, Item FSA A.06 04.PF.20.010
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.20: Photo File 20: Samarra: Wandschmuck and Geschichte der Stadt Samarra / Prints of illustrations in vol.II, Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, "Die Keramik" von F. Sarre, insofar as found in the Archive. These are supplemented by unpublished photos of ceramics. The inventory numbers were noted on the backs of the prints and refer to the Expedition Inventory of Finds in the Archive (Archive No.S-1). The negative numbers proceeded by an "S", also noted on the backs, refer to a Samarra listing. Plate numbers refer to the printed text.
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3e390d5ce-2459-489c-a009-f91ec74f5a36
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref25177