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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, 13.2 cm. x 11.4 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq` -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
Original publication caption reads, "Mesopotamische Keramik; Goldlüstrierte Schale mit Reliefschmuck; Ausficht und Seitenansicht; 130."
Additional information in publication reads, "130. IN-1080; Taf. X 1, 2; Schale auf drei Füβen und mit zwei Henkeln, ergänzt."
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 8a FSA A.06 04.PF.20.015
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 two campaigns of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911 and 1913.
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
Decoration and ornament  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.20.015
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 These are supplemented by unpublished photos of ceramics.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/dc3d90afa29-366b-4902-8b72-bc2d22f74df5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref25182