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Radkan (Iran): Tomb Tower at Radkan, West: Detail View of Two Encircling Bands of Floral Decoration and Arabic Inscription, Kufic Script

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 -- Mazandaran -- Radkan
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 10, vol. 1 reads, "Mīl-i Rādkān, Nʿīkā. Inscription."
Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.8: Photo File 10 (2 vols.), "Persian Architecture and Landscapes," Subseries 4.10.1: vol. 1; Image No. 68 (Negative Number: 3013). Mīl-i Rādkān, Nīkā. Close-up of inscription."
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.3013
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Inscriptions, Arabic  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.3013
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/dc3c3352fb0-ca45-4504-aa43-2fde8291ff36
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref27923