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Aleppo (Syria): (left) Ernst Herzfeld, Moritz Sobernheim, and Two Unidentified Members of the Expedition; (right) Inscription of Abu Bakr, on Wooden Panel
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Catalog Data
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
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Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
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Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
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Extent:
1 Glass negative (b&w, 12 cm. x 9 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Glass negatives
Place:
Asia
Syria
Aleppo (Syria)
Date:
1908-1914
Scope and Contents:
- Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 15, vol. 2 reads, "(left) Standing: Herzfeld, Sobernheim, Guyer (?) [unidentified]; (right). Inscription Abu Bakr."
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.15: Photo File 15 (3 vols.), "Aleppo," Subseries 4.15.2: vol. 2; Image No. 313 (Negative Number: 3512). (a) Herzfeld, Sobernheim, Guyer (?) [not Guyer] and Arab; (b). wooden panel. Inscription Abu Bakr."
Arrangement:
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves."
Local Numbers:
FSA A.6 04.GN.3512
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
The monuments and inscriptions of Northern Syria were surveyed and collected between 1908 and 1914 by Moritz Sobernheim and Ernst Herzfeld as part of a broader project, sponsored by the Institut de France, that of Max van Berchem's "Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum." The drawings are related to this survey as well as additional expeditions to Aleppo (Syria) carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in 1907, 1908, 1910, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1930.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Archaeology
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Description and Travel
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Inscriptions
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Inscriptions, Arabic
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Portrait photography
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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.3512
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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/dc3e8d35303-c93e-41e8-9b5d-f60bbace2a39
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref28716
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