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Island of Kharg (Iran): Southern or Eastern Tomb and other Rock-Cut Tombs, Excavated out of the Surface Rock of the Plateau

Catalog Data

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Glass negative (b&w, 13 cm. x 18 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Bushehr -- Island of Kharg
Date:
1923-1934
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten Notes on blueprint reads, "Khārg."
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.7: Photo File 7(2 vols.) "Sasanian Architecture," Subseries 4.7.1: Vol.1, Image No. 48 (Negative Number: 1722). Kharg. General view of elaborate tombs and Imamzadeh."
Additional information from Staff reads, "In the background, saint's tomb from the Mongol era known as the Emâmzâda of Emâm Moháammad b. al-Háanafiyya."
Arrangement:
- Glass Negatives, chronogically numbered from 1 to 5,075, originally stored in 80 wooden boxes of approximately 50 photographs each, are housed in document boxes and stored on shelves.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.1722
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Glass negatives
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.6 04.GN.1722
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc307e5bd90-90a2-4309-8315-6115234831c7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref27406