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Notebooks

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
4 Items (Ledgers)
Type:
Archival materials
Notebooks
Ledgers (account books)
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
Date:
1904-1946
1957
1899-1946
undated
Scope and Contents:
- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 3: Notebooks" is composed of 131 folders including a large variety of locations, names, topics, genres, and languages. As of today, only four inventories of objects (ledgers) have been digitized and are available online.
- FSA A.6 03.089 consists of an inventory book to which Ernst Herzfeld recorded archaeological remains, prehistoric artifacts and antiquities collected, acquired, or observed in several cities throughout Mesopotamia and Persia in 1923 and 1924.
- FSA A.6 03.090 consists of an inventory book which supplies an abbreviated and corrected version of FSA A.6 03.089 and a continuation of N-91.
- FSA A.6 03.091 consists of an inventory book which is a continuation of FSA A.6 03.089. Herzfeld added an inventory of objects collected, acquired, or observed in several cities throughout Persia in 1926 and 1927, 1929, and finally 1932 and 1933.
- FSA A.6 03.092 consists of an inventory book which displays two separate inventories of objects. The first list comprises a finds journal from the session of excavations at Pasargadae, carried out by Herzfeld and Krefter in April and May 1928. The second list, without dates, enumerates prehistoric artifacts and antiquities collected, acquired, or observed in Baghdad, Hamadan, Harsin, Kermanshah, Nihavand, Tehran, and possibly Ur.
Arrangement:
Notebooks, ledgers, notes, and sketches, housed in document boxes and stored on shelves, are organized by Joseph Upton into 131 subdivisions.
Biographical / Historical:
"Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879-1948) was an orientalist whose many talents led him to explore all phases of Near Eastern culture, from the prehistoric period to Islamic times and from linguistics and religion to art and architecture." [Margaret Cool Root, 1976: "The Herzfeld Archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 119-124."]
Local Numbers:
FSA A.06 03
General:
- Notebooks titles are provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Series 3: Notebooks 1904-1946, 1957, n.d. ."
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Achaemenian inscriptions  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Elamite  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Inscriptions, Arabic  Search this
Inscriptions, Pahlavi  Search this
Inscriptions, Parthian  Search this
Middle Persian language  Search this
Old Persian inscriptions  Search this
Relief (Sculpture)  Search this
Sassanids  Search this
Textile design  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notebooks
Ledgers (account books)
Sketches
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, Series 3
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ce9dd36a-d500-43e3-b75f-88fb3e0a6bb0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref8055

Persepolis treasury tablets [microform] / by George G.Cameron

Author:
Cameron, George Glenn 1905-  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 214 p., 46 leaves of plates : ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Microforms
Place:
Persepolis (Iran)
Date:
1988
1848
C1948
Topic:
Cuneiform inscriptions, Elamite  Search this
Elamite language  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_881683

SK-XXVI "Sammlung Hahn, etc."

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Volume (Sketchbook (87 pages), 10.3 cm. x 20.3 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Volumes
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Photographic prints
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iraq
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents note:
(unless noted, backs of each page are blank. Some of these seals are published in AMI, Vol. V, pp.49--24. The Inventory numbers refer to Herzfeld's Inventories, Archive N-89 and 91.) Most of the objects are prehistoric.
Scope and Contents:
- SK-26 is the twenty-sixth of a series of thirty-five sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher), in which Ernst Herzfeld recorded his observations on archaeological remains, prehistoric artifacts and decorative motifs.
- Original handwritten title on cover reads: "Ernst Herzfeld; Skizzenbuch XXVI: Sammlung Hahn etc.."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 1 reads, "small stone figure."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 2 reads, "lapislazuli inscribed roll [(cylinder)] seal with cuneiform inscription, from Wanna al-sudum."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 3 reads, "cylinder seal, [see N-89, Inventory number 278], [Baghdad] with notes."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 4 reads, "hard, deep-red roll [(cylinder)] seal with three zones of decoration."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 4a reads, "three roll [(cylinder)] seals: top) [S 141]; center) [S 326]; bottom) [see N-91, inventory number 2696], [Baghdad]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 5 reads, "roll [(cylinder)] seal, shell."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 6 reads, "flat seal."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 7 reads, "button [(stamp)] seal, limestone, [see N-89, inventory number 241]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 8 reads, "petschaft ([stamp] seal), basalt. cf. Nihavand."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 9 reads, "rectangular [stamp] seal [depicting] lion and ibex, limestone, [see N-91, inventory number 2812]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 10 reads, "round [stamp] seal stone with row of animals, [see N-89, inventory number 239], Fara-type, [3.03.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 11 reads, "round [stamp] seal stone, [see N-89, inventory number 235], limestone, cf. Tepe Giyan, [3.03.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 12 reads, "small head of animal."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 13 reads, "[small] white limestone masque [(head)], [see N-89, inventory number 195], [12.03.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 14 reads, "small head, aragonit, [see N-89, inventory number 193], [12.03.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 15 reads, "small haematite head, [see N-89, inventory number 194]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 16 reads, "small limestone standing figure."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 16a reads, "small clay figurine, [Baghdad], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0142; FSA A.6 04.GN.0443]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 17 reads, "small yellowish-green limestone standing figure."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 18 reads, "aragonit, very white."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 19 reads, "flat limestone seal."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 20 reads, "round [stamp] seal, black stone, [see N-89, inventory number 240]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 21 reads, "bright red flint seal, [see N-89, inventory number 238], [3.03.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 22 reads, "gray flint seal, [see N-89, inventory number 236], Fara-type, [3.03.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 23 reads, "dark gray flint [stamp] seal."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 24 reads, "irregular, deeply cut [stamp] seal, with notes."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 25 reads, "round, gray black [stamp] seal, [see N-89, inventory number 237]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 26 reads, "black stone round [stamp] seal, [see N-89, inventory number 772], [19.06.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 27 reads, "[small] white marble [pendant or amulet depicting] an animal, from Warka, [see N-89, inventory number 132], [9.05.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 28 reads, "[small] white marble [pendant or amulet depicting] reclining animal, from Warka, [see N-89, inventory number 133], [3.05.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 29 reads, "small soapstone jar (?), [see N-89, inventory number 80], [20.04.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 30 reads, "[small] white marble [pendant or amulet depicting] an animal, from Warka, [see N-89, inventory number 131], [3.05.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 32 reads, "small alabaster kneeling gazelle (?) or camel (?)."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 34 reads, "[small] yellowish limestone [pendant or amulet depicting] recicling bull, [inventory number xxx]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 35 reads, "[small] limestone [pendant or amulet depicting] recicling bull."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 36 reads, "[small] blue-gray limestone [pendant or amulet depicting] recicling bull."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 37 reads, "small gray striped slate [pendant or amulet depicting] an animal, from Tell 'Isharah, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1467]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 38 reads, "small [pendant or amulet depicting] a boar."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 39 reads, "[small] flat, yellow-brown limestone, [pendant or amulet depicting] a boar."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 40 reads, "flat red slate."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 41 reads, "limestone, flat."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 42 reads, "small [pendant or amulet depicting] an outstretched lion, fossilized ivory (?)."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 43 reads, "mussel seal."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 44 reads, "goat's head, hard, smooth limestone."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 45 reads, "white limestone [stamp] seal [with animal figure depicting] a boar."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 46 reads, "small limestone head [depicting an animal], [see N-89, inventory number 136], [2.05.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 47 reads, "[small] white limestone, flat, [head depicting an animal], [see N-89, inventory number 137], [2.05.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 48 reads, "[small] red slate [pendant or amulet depicting] reclining animal with head turned back."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 49 reads, "[small] translucent aragonit, flat, [stamp] seal."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 50 reads, "[small] limestone, flat, [stamp] seal, from Warka, [see N-89, inventory number 134], [3.05.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 51 reads, "[small] flat, [stamp] seal."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 52 reads, "[small] aragonit [stamp] seal [depicting] reclining bull."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 53 reads, "[small] aragonit [stamp] seal [depicting] reclining bull, from Warka, [see N-89, inventory number 135], [3.05.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 54 reads, "[small] aragonit [stamp] seal [depicting] a kneeling animal, badly preserved."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 55 reads, "[small] white limestone [stamp] seal [depicting] an animal."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 56 reads, "[small] white limestone [stamp] seal [depicting] reclining bull."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 57 reads, "[small] limestone [stamp] seal [depicting] half of human's figure."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 58 reads, "small bronze standing figure, [see N-89, inventory number 1506]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 59 reads, "bronze figure, [see N-89, inventory number 1510]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 60 reads, "small bronze [object] with horse's head, from Isfahan, [see N-89, inventory number 1810]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 61 reads, "small bronze [object depicting] a horse, [see N-89, inventory number 1755]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 62 reads, "small bronze [object depicting] a horse trapping, [inventory number xxxx]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 63 reads, "[small] aragonit [stamp] seal [depicting] a kneeling bull."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 64 reads, "[small] limestone [pendant or amulet depicting] a bull."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 65 reads, "small limestone bull's head."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 66 reads, "[small] mussel [object depicting an animal], [see N-89, inventory number 138]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 67 reads, "small monkey."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 68 reads, "figure resembling a rat."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 69 reads, "[small] white limestone [pendant or amulet depicting] reclining cat, [see N-89, inventory number 143]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 70 reads, "[small] mussel [objects depicting an animal], [see N-89, inventory number 139]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 71 reads, "[small] limestone [objects depicting an animal] kneeling bull, [from] Constantinople."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 73 reads, "[small] mussel [object depicting] a standing bull, [from Warka]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 74 reads, "[small] mussel [object depicting] outstretched lion, in British Museum."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 75 reads, "[small object depicting outstretched animal], in [London]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 76 reads, "[small] limestone [object depicting animal with] head turned alongside, in British Museum."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 77 reads, "[small] limestone [object depicting] a bird, in British Museum. One in Frau Sarre's collection is published."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 78 reads, "[small] limestone [object depicting] head of bull, Louvre."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 79 reads, "[small] limestone [object depicting] head of bull, Louvre."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 80 reads, "[small] mussel [object depicting] a fish, from Warka, [London]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 81 reads, "terracotta bear (?), from Constantinople, [November 1927]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 82 reads, "pierced bead, Constantinople, Fara."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 83 reads, " round [stamp] seal, drilled, Constantinople, Fara."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 85 reads, "bronze [object depicting] three dogs side by side, British Museum."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 86 reads, "[small object depicting] standing man and animal, Aleppo [(Syria)]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 87 reads, "bronze [object depicting] horse, from Isfahan, [see N-89, inventory number 1810], [31.10.1923]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 88 reads, "[small] red stone [object depicting] bull's head, Achaemenian, [see N-89, inventory number 1503], [29.07.1923], from Tehran."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 89 reads, "[small] bone [object depicting] an Hellenistic human figure, [see N-89, inventory number 1503], [from Baghdad], [in Louvre]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 90 reads, "[small bone inlay depicting] head in profile, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0138]."
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks; Subseries 2.11: Hahn Collection and Other Prehistoric Objects: Sketchbook 26
Arrangement:
Sketchbooks, housed in document boxes and stored on shelves, are organized by Joseph Upton into 13 subject categories.
Local Numbers:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; SK-26

FSA A.06 02.11.26
Former Title or Title Variations:
Ernst Herzeld; Skizzenbuch XXVI: Sammlung Hahn etc.
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's original sketchbook title and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
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
Animals in art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Numismatics  Search this
Seals (Numismatics)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Photographic prints
Sketches
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, File FSA A.06 02.11.26
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 2: Sketchbooks / 2.11: Sammlung Hahn, etc.
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc31588f421-3acc-44d4-8732-63cce2399a21
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref7697

SK-XXVII Antiquitäten I

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Volume (Sketchbook (24 pages), 12.3 cm. x 25.3 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Volumes
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iraq
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
(The numbers in black are from Herzfeld's Inventory. Those preceded by "ph" or "Photo" refer to negatives)
- SK-27 is the twenty-seventh of a series of thirty-five sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher), in which Ernst Herzfeld recorded his observations on archaeological remains, reliefs and inscriptions, prehistoric artifacts and decorative motifs related to Nizamabad (Iran) and the prehistoric mound of Tepe Giyan (Iran).
- Original handwritten title on cover reads: "Ernst Herzfeld; Skizzenbuch XXVII: Antiquitäten I (Persien, Teheran, 1926)."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 1 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, horseman, stucco [(fragments of a stucco horse)]; details of hooves, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2158; FSA A.6 04.GN.2160]. The figures in these measured drawings of stucco from Nizāmābād are all fragmentary."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 2 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, horseman [(fragment of a stucco horse)], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2159]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 3 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, horses [(fragments of a stucco horse)], [see see FSA A.6 04.GN.2161]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 4 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, wall panels [(fragments of stucco with vegetal ornamentation)], [see see FSA A.6 04.GN.2147]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 5 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, horse's head [(fragment of a stucco horse)], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2156; FSA A.6 04.GN.2157] and headless standing figure, stucco [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2147]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 6 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, wall decoration, stucco [(fragments of stucco with vegetal ornamentation)], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2149; FSA A.6 04.GN.2154]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 7 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, wall panels [(fragments of stucco with vegetal ornamentation)], [see FSA A.6 05.0755]; [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2151; FSA A.6 04.GN.2153]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 8 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, wall fragments [(fragments of stucco with vegetal ornamentation)], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2154]; and Arabic inscription."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 9 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, boot and hands [(fragments of stucco)], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2154a]; Ray [(Iran)], stucco (?) roundel of face in sun disk."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 10 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, [fragments] of stucco wall [ornamentation]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 11 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, [fragments] of stucco wall [ornamentation] with color notes."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 12 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, similar pieces and dragon's leg [(fragments of stucco with animal design)], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2155]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 13 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, fragments of circle and wings [(fragments of stucco with animal design)], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2155; FSA A.6 04.GN.2155a]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 14 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, [fragments] of stucco plaques with animal design, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2150]; Sasanian stone elephant [(Sassanid stone sculpture depicting an elephant)], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0331; FSA A.6 04.GN.0332; FSA A.6 04.GN.4009; FSA A.6 04.GN.4010]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 15 reads, "Nizamabad [(Iran)], Sasanian, fragments of stucco, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.2148]."
- In Finding Aid, captions for pg. 16 and 17 reads, "measured plans of unidentified buildings."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 18 reads, "Tepe Giyan, dagger hilt, [see N-91, inventory number 2256], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0488]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 19 reads, "Tepe Giyan, ten seal stones: stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2330], [TG 9]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2331], [TG 4]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2332], [TG 7], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0830]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2333], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1081]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2334], [TG 14], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0822]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2335]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2336], [TG 22], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1081]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2337], [TG 28], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0835]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2338], [TG 26], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0822]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2339], [TG 24], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0834]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 20 reads, "top) bronze dagger from Hamadan, [see N-91, inventory number 2257], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.3180; FSA A.6 04.GN.3182]; bottom) bronze dagger, [see N-91, inventory number 2261], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0492]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 21 reads, "Tepe Giyan, roll [(cylinder)] and stamp seals: stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2340], [TG 60], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0832]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2341], [TG 31], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0822; FSA A.6 04.GN.0834]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2342], [TG 47]; cylinder seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2309], [TG 173]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2343], [TG 63], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0835]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2344], [TG 64], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0825; FSA A.6 04.GN.0835]; cylinder seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2310], [TG 171], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.3958]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2345], [TG 40], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2346], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone object, [TG], [see N-91, inventory number 2408], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1141]."
- In Finding Aid, captions for pg. 22, 23 and 24 reads, "Sasanian and Parthian stamp seals."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 25 reads, " five Sasanian seal stones; bronze pitch fork [(elastic fork of thin copper)], [TG 297], [see N-91, inventory number 2272], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0724]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 26 reads, "Tepe Giyan, four lance heads, bronze: top left) [metal lance blade], [TG 275; TG 276], [see N-91, inventory number 2262]; top right) [metal lance blade], [TG 275; TG 276], [see N-91, inventory number 2262], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0492]; bottom left) [arrow blade], [TG 286; TG 289], [see N-91, inventory number 2263], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0495; FSA A.6 04.GN.0793]; bottom right) [arrow blade], [TG 286; TG 289], [see N-91, inventory number 2263], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0495]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 27 reads, "Tepe Giyan, twelve carved stone seals: stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2347], [TG 15], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1081]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2348], [TG 8]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2349], [TG 6], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0830]; stone seal fragmented, [see N-91, inventory number 2350], [TG 2], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0830]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2351], [TG 19], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0834]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2352], [TG 77];stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2353], [TG 18], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0822]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2354], [TG x], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1082]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2355], [TG 41], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2356], [TG 42], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2357], [TG 35], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2358], [TG 32], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 28 reads, "left) [stone] mace-head, [see N-91, inventory number 2266], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0014]; right) five silver or bronze pins, [see N-91, inventory number 2264 and inventory number 2265], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0243; FSA A.6 04.GN.0244; FSA A.6 04.GN.0245]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 29 reads, "Tepe Giyan, fifteen flat seals ([stone buttons)]: stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2359], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2360], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2361], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2362], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1082]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2363]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2364], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2365], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2366], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0823]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2367], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1082]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2368], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1082]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2369], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1082]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2370], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1082]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2371], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1082]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2372]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2373], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0832]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 30 reads, "left) bronze axe, [see N-91, inventory number 2260], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0542]; right) bronze pick-axe, [see N-91, inventory number 2259], [TG 235], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0534; FSA A.6 04.GN.0789]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 31 reads, "Tepe Giyan, nine flat seals ([stone buttons)]: stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2374], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0825; FSA A.6 04.GN.0835]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2375], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0832]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2376], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0825; FSA A.6 04.GN.0835]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2377], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0835]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2378], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0825; FSA A.6 04.GN.0835]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2380], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0824]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2381]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2382], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0833]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2379], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0834; FSA A.6 04.GN.0822]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 32 reads, "left) small copper figurine [depicting an idol], [see N-91, inventory number 2267], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1176]; right) [bronze digitated axe], [TG 248], [see N-91, inventory number 2258], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0537; FSA A.6 04.GN.0542]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 33 reads, "five roll [(cylinder)] seals with cuneiform inscriptions."
- In Finding Aid, captions for pg. 34 and 35 reads, "Tepe Giyan, large jar and rims [(ceramic vessel with painted pattern and animal design)], [see N-91, inventory number 2411 and inventory number 2412], [see FSA A.6 05.0638], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0008; FSA A.6 04.GN.0090; FSA A.6 04.GN.0755; FSA A.6 04.GN.0761; FSA A.6 04.GN.0771]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 35 reads, "Tepe Giyan, two large jars [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern and animal design)], [see N-91, inventory number 2413], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0089]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 36 reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern and animal design)]: left) large jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2414], [see FSA A.6 05.0637], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.005; FSA A.6 04.GN.006; FSA A.6 04.GN.007; FSA A.6 04.GN.0082; FSA A.6 04.GN.0758]; right) large jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2415], [see FSA A.6 05.0638], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0713; FSA A.6 04.GN.0766]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 37 reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern and animal design)]: top left) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2416], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0088; FSA A.6 04.GN.0712; FSA A.6 04.GN.0714]; top right) jar, [inventory number 2421], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0186; FSA A.6 04.GN.0189]; bottom left) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2418], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0136]; bottom center) jar, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0186; FSA A.6 04.GN.0189]; bottom right) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2422], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0085]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 38 reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern)]: top far left) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2424], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0085]; top left) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2425], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0208]; top right) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2433], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0084]; top far right) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2435], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0068]; bottom left) jug, [see N-91, inventory number 2429], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0196]; bottom right) jug, [see N-91, inventory number 2430], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0044]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 39 reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern)]: jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2426], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0186 or FSA A.6 04.GN.0193]; jug, [see N-91, inventory number 2431], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0196; FSA A.6 04.GN.0752]; bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2438], [see FSA A.6 05.0643], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0039]; bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2440], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0038]; jug, [see N-91, inventory number 2434], [see FSA A.6 05.0638, FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0042; FSA A.6 04.GN.0084]; bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2436], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0063]; bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2437], [see FSA A.6 05.0643], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0039; FSA A.6 04.GN.0108]; bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2439], [see FSA A.6 05.0643], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0038; FSA A.6 04.GN.0102]; jug, [see N-91, inventory number 2432], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0093]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 40 reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern and animal design)]: far left) [pottery jar] (albarello), [see N-91, inventory number 2441], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0004; FSA A.6 04.GN.0207]; left) [pottery jar] (albarello), [see N-91, inventory number 2442], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see ; FSA A.6 04.GN.0754]; right) [pottery jar] (albarello), [see N-91, inventory number 2443], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0067]; far right) [pottery jar] (albarello), [see N-91, inventory number 2444], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0003; FSA A.6 04.GN.0764]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 41 reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern and animal design)]: far left) cup, [see N-91, inventory number 2445], [see FSA A.6 05.0644], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0009; FSA A.6 04.GN.0010]; left) cup, [see N-91, inventory number 2446], [see FSA A.6 05.0644], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0092]; right) cup, [see N-91, inventory number 2447], [see FSA A.6 05.0644], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0001]; far right) cup, [see N-91, inventory number 2448], [see FSA A.6 05.0644], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0076]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 42 reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern)]: far left) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2449], [see FSA A.6 05.0644], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0047]; left) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2450], [see FSA A.6 05.0644], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0061]; right) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2451], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0076]; far right) jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2452], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.765; FSA A.6 04.GN.0765a]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 43 [(SK-27, p.43)] reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern)]: left) large jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2417], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0074; FSA A.6 04.GN.0087]; right) three-legged jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2453], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0869]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 44 [(SK-27, p.44)] reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern)]: three-legged jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2454], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0772]; three-legged bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2457], [see FSA A.6 05.0643], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0037]; bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2458], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0069]; jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2461], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0749]; three-legged cup, [see N-91, inventory number 2456], [see FSA A.6 05.0643], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0861]; three-legged jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2455], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0770]; jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2459], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0137; FSA A.6 04.GN.0193]; jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2460], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0764a]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 45 [(SK-27, p.45)] reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern and animal design)]: left) small jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2462], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0133]; center) small jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2463], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see; FSA A.6 04.GN.0760]; right) small jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2464], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0079; FSA A.6 04.GN.0751]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 46 [(SK-27, p.46)] reads, "Tepe Giyan, [(ceramic vessels with painted pattern and animal design)]: far left) small jug, 2265 (?) [see N-91, probably inventory number 2465], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0002; FSA A.6 04.GN.0065; FSA A.6 04.GN.0066]; left) small jug, 2266 (?) [see N-91, probably inventory number 2466], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0046]; top right) small jug, [see N-91, inventory number 2226], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0763]; bottom right) small jug, [see N-91, inventory number 2227], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [ see FSA A.6 04.GN.0763]; far right) small jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2467], [see FSA A.6 05.0638], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0208]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 47 [(SK-27, p.47)] reads, "prehistoric pottery: left) jar [from Varamin], [see N-91, inventory number 2468]; right) bowl [from Tepe Giyan], [see N-91, inventory number 2469], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0073]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 48 [(SK-27, p.48)] reads, "Prehistoric pottery: top left) [ceramic vessel with handle and long spout], [see N-91, inventory number 2470], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0030]; bottom left) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2471], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0029]; center) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2472], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0031]; right) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2473], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0034]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 49 [(SK-27, p.49)] reads, " Prehistoric pottery, objects from Demāvand region, Zūn and Sārūn."
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks; Subseries 2.12: Antiquities 1: Sketchbook 27
Arrangement:
Sketchbooks, housed in document boxes and stored on shelves, are organized by Joseph Upton into 13 subject categories.
Local Numbers:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; SK-27

FSA A.06 02.12.27
Former Title or Title Variations:
Ernst Herzeld; Skizzenbuch XXVII: Antiquitäten I (Persien, Teheran, 1926)
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's original sketchbook title and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
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
Animals in art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Numismatics  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Seals (Numismatics)  Search this
Stucco  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
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, File FSA A.06 02.12.27
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Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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SK-XXVIII Antiquitäten II

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Volume (Sketchbook (23 pages), 12.3 cm. x 25.3 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Volumes
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
(The numbers in black are Herzfeld Inventory numbers; those preceeded by "ph" or "Photo are negative numbers)
- SK-28 is the twenty-eighth of a series of thirty-five sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher), in which Ernst Herzfeld recorded his observations on archaeological remains, reliefs and inscriptions, prehistoric artifacts and decorative motifs related to Babylon (Iraq), Baghdad (Iraq), Bujnurd (Iran), Constantinople (Turkey), Hamadan (Iran), Harsin (Iran), Isfahan (Iran), Masshad (Iran), Nihavand (Iran), Ray (Iran), Saveh (Iran) and the prehistoric mound of Tepe Giyan (Iran).
- Original handwritten title on cover reads: "Ernst Herzfeld; Skizzenbuch XXVIII: Antiken II."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 1 reads, "three polished jugs or vases: left) [black ware with burnished linear pattern], [see N-91, inventory number 2476], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0055]; center) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2474], [see FSA A.6 05.0643], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0024]; right) [small gray ware vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2475], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0031]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 2 reads, "six polished jugs or jars: top left) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2482], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0381]; top right) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2480], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0200]; bottom far left) [ceramic vessel with handle], [see N-91, inventory number 2477], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0054]; bottom left) [ceramic vessel with handle], [see N-91, inventory number 2478], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0050]; bottom right) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2479], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0105]; bottom far right) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2481], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0381]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 3 reads, "Tepe Giyan; top left) [painted ceramic vessel with three legs], [see N-91, inventory number 2483], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0861]; bottom left) [ceramic vessel], [see N-91, inventory number 2484]; right) [fragment of a rhyton], [TG], [see N-91, inventory number 2273 and inventory number 2485], [see FSA A.6 05.0659], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0041; FSA A.6 04.GN.0045]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 4 reads, "left) pierced bells from Tepe Giyan and Hamadan [(bronze jingles)], [TG], [see N-91, inventory number 2268; inventory number 2489; inventory number 2490], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0539; FSA A.6 04.GN.0540]; top right) small beaker (Sawa) [(ceramic vessel with long spout)], [see N-91, inventory number 2491]; bottom right) bronze mirror, [see N-91, inventory number 2495], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1155]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 5 reads, "top left) [bronze] mirror, [see N-89, inventory number 201]; bottom left) copper bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2493]; center) three small covers of copper, bronze or brass, [see N-89, inventory number 215], [see N-91, inventory number 2492; inventory number 2496]; right) pierced iron plaque with invocation to Muhammad and 'Ali, [see N-91, inventory number 2498]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 6 reads, "left) [bronze vessel] with animal design (Bujnurd), [see N-91, inventory number 2494], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0020]; center) copper bowl, [see N-91, inventory number 2270], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0023]; right) bronze candlestick, [see N-91, inventory number 2499]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 7 reads, "left) [glass bottle], [see N-91, inventory number 2523], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0439]; right) bronze candlestick, [see N-91, inventory number 2524]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 8 reads, "five small glass bottles or vials (Sawa [Saveh]), [see N-91, inventory number 2512; inventory number 2513; inventory number 2514; inventory number 2515; inventory number 2516]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 9 reads, "four small cut or molded glass bottles (Sawa), [see N-91, inventory number 2517; inventory number 2518; inventory number 2519; inventory number 2520]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 10 reads, "five glass objects: bottle (Sawa), bowl (Ray), [see N-91, inventory number 2522; inventory number 2525; inventory number 2526; inventory number 2527; inventory number 2528]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 11 reads, "small objects of glass, lead, ivory and porcelain, [see N-91, inventory number 2529; inventory number 2531; inventory number 2532; inventory number 2533; inventory number 2534]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 12 reads, "bronze tripod, [see N-91, inventory number 2534]; [carved] bone or [ivory] buttons, [see N-91, inventory number 2500; inventory number 2501; inventory number 2502], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0230; FSA A.6 04.GN.0231]; [stone seals from Tepe Giyan], [see N-91, inventory number 2503; inventory number 2505; inventory number 2506; inventory number 2507], [TG 1; TG 54; TG 56; TG 58], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0825; FSA A.6 04.GN.0832; FSA A.6 04.GN.0835]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 13 reads, "left) [stone buttons] and seals (Tepe Giyan), [see N-91, inventory number 2504; inventory number 2508; inventory number 2509; inventory number 2510], [TG 10; TG 17; TG 21; TG 30], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0822; FSA A.6 04.GN.1082]; top center) ceramic vessel with three legs, [see N-91, inventory number 2511], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0068; FSA A.6 04.GN.0719]; bottom center) jewelry, [TG], [see N-91, inventory number 2279]; top right) [gold object], [see N-91, inventory number 2278]; bottom right) [cylinder seal impression], [see N-91, inventory number 2693], [TG 186], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.3205]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 14 reads, "gold ring, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0498]; stone bowl (Mashhad); copper bowls (Nihavand) , [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0017; FSA A.6 04.GN.0521]; alabaster [conical] vase (Samarra), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0220]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 15 reads, "four hand-made small jars in Richard Collection, Louvre; and lance head or [arrow blades], Tepe Giyan, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0493; FSA A.6 04.GN.0495)."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 16 reads, "Nihavand [(Iran)], two dagger and two [metal] lance [blades], [see N-91, inventory number 2778; inventory number 2779], [TG 265; TG 266], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0492; FSA A.6 04.GN.0533, FSA A.6 04.GN.0793; FSA A.6 04.GN.0794]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 17 reads, "Nihavand [(Iran)], two bronze digitated axes, [see N-89, inventory number 779], [see N-91, inventory number 2738], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0536; FSA A.6 04.GN.0537; FSA A.6 04.GN.0797)."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 18 reads, "bronze bit [depicting an animal], [see N-89, inventory number 778], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0726]; bronze lamp; four small [bronze objects with animal design], Hamadan, Constantinople, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0153; FSA A.6 04.GN.0158]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 19 reads, "left) alabaster vase (Babylon), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1429]; right) [engraved floral ornamentation on bronze vessel]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 20 reads, "left) pottery jug, Kharaj [(Iran)] (Richard Collection, Louvre); right) small glass bottles (Hamadan, Constantinople)."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 21 reads, "small stone amulets with animal design (Baghdad, Hamadan, Constantinople), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0140; FSA A.6 04.GN.0145; FSA A.6 04.GN.0146]; small stone and clay figurine, [Baghdad], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0142; FSA A.6 04.GN.0443]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 22 reads, "Arabic glass stamp (Hamadan), clay figurines (Baghdad, Hamadan) and [stone amulet with animal design], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0140; FSA A.6 04.GN.0211]; clay cuneiform tablet (Hamadan), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0325]; Sasanian clay sealings (bullae) (Hamadan)."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 23 reads, "clay figurine and [two metal pins with human figure] ([Baghdad], Cairo, Constantinople), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0022; FSA A.6 04.GN.0443]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 24 reads, "small carved [stone figurines], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0140; FSA A.6 04.GN.0144]; [stone] seals, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0825]; Sasanian seal, stone weight, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0141]; bronze bull's head, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0158; FSA A.6 04.GN.1140]. All acquired in Constantinople [(Turkey)]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 25 reads, "roll [(cylinder)] and stamp seals, [see N-91, inventory number 2697; inventory number 2698; inventory number 2696]; weights, [amulets], [bone inlays and pendants] with animal and bird figures, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0138; FSA A.6 04.GN.0140; FSA A.6 04.GN.0142; FSA A.6 04.GN.0150; FSA A.6 04.GN.0152; FSA A.6 04.GN.0160]. All from Constantinople [(Turkey)] or Baghdad [(Iraq)])."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 26 reads, "left) bronze objects with animal figure, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0155; FSA A.6 04.GN.0245; FSA A.6 04.GN.0252; FSA A.6 04.GN.0254]; right) slate "dish" [(slate palette of ducks)] (Cairo [(Egypt)]), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0221]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 27 reads, "Tepe Giyan, left) large jar [(ceramic vessel with painted pattern)], [see N-91, inventory number 2536], [see FSA A.6 05.0640], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0135]; right) large jar [(ceramic vessel with painted pattern and animal design)], [see N-91, inventory number 2537], [see FSA A.6 05.0641], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0088; FSA A.6 04.GN.0871]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 28 reads, "Tepe Giyan, left) jar [(ceramic vessel with painted pattern)], [see N-91, inventory number 2538], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0062]; center) small cup, [see N-91, inventory number 2544], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0068]; right) [(ceramic vessel with painted pattern)], [see N-91, inventory number 2539], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0132]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 29 reads, "Tepe Giyan, left) albarello [(ceramic vessel with painted pattern and animal design)], [see N-91, inventory number 2540], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0767]; center top) small jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2543], [see FSA A.6 05.0642], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0137]; center bottom) small jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2541], [see FSA A.6 05.0641], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0036; FSA A.6 04.GN.0075]; right) small jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2542], [see FSA A.6 05.0641], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0064; FSA A.6 04.GN.0112]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 30 reads, "Tepe Giyan, left) large jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2545], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0077]; right) large jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2546], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0756]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 31 reads, "Tepe Giyan, left) large jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2547], [see FSA A.6 05.0639], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0071]; right) large jar, [see N-91, inventory number 2548], [see FSA A.6 05.0638], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0134]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 32 reads, "Ray [(Iran)], left) long-spouted jug (Meyer Collection), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0100]; right)three-legged jug with bits of glaze inlay on shoulder."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 33 reads, "Cuneiform inscription on part of gold tablet [(gold tablet, reconstruction of inscription by Ariaramnes, AmH, old Persian version], Hamadan [(Iran)], Oct. 30, [19]29, [see FSA A.6 05.1427]."
- In Finding Aid, captions for pg. 34 and 35 reads, "Cuneiform inscription on both sides of bronze plaque [(Abdadana Tablet, bronze tablet with Babylonian inscription)], Hamadan [(Iran)], Oct. 30, [19]29, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0303; FSA A.6 04.GN.0304; FSA A.6 04.GN.0305; FSA A.6 04.GN.0306; FSA A.6 04.GN.0307; FSA A.6 04.GN.0308; FSA A.6 04.GN.0388]; [see FSA A.6 06.C058; FSA A.6 06.C059; FSA A.6 06.C059a]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 36 reads, "left) sardonyx roll [(cylinder)] seal with cuneiform inscription (possession of Procureur Général, Isfahan); right) nail with incomplete cuneiform inscription (Hamadan, [November 1929]), [see N-91, inventory number 2818]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 37 reads, "Two fragments of cuneiform plaque in British Museum; engraved mussel shell (Isfahan, Harsin type) [possibly shield buckle of bronze decorated with a cross and four ibexes], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0148]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 38 reads, "eleven stone seals or [buttons], [15 December 1929], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0826; FSA A.6 04.GN.0829; FSA A.6 04.GN.0834; FSA A.6 04.GN.0835; FSA A.6 04.GN.1081]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 39 reads, "Luristan [(Iran)], bronze [digitated] axe with human figure (Nihavand), [December 1929], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0525]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 40 reads, "left) [ring from bronze bit], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0397]; center) [bronze object]; right) cast bronze with affronted animals, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0525]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 41 reads, "bronze [top of pin], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0396]; silver [whetstone with a ram's head], [see N-91, inventory number 2281], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0252]; [bronze and silver bracelets with animal design] (Tepe Giyan), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0254]; [stamp seal from Harsin]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 43 reads, "button stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2678], [TG 12], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0830]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2677], [TG 3], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0830]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2679], [TG 5], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1081]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2683], [TG 33], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0829]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2682], [TG 13], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0824]; stone seal, Tepe Yadgar, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1081]; stone seal, Tepe Yadgar, [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0830]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 45 reads, "button stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2681], [TG 16], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0824]; stone seal, [TG], [see N-91, inventory number 2685], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0824]; stone seal, [see N-91, inventory number 2812], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0496]; small stone animal heads (Tello), [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0738]; stone weights, [see N-91, inventory number 157 and inventory number 2214], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.1141]; stone object with animal head, [see N-91, inventory number 150], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0738]."
- In Finding Aid, caption for pg. 47 reads, "Small stone [amulets] (1 from Tello) with drilled markings and animal design, [see N-91, inventory number 2212], [see FSA A.6 04.GN.0140]."
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks; Subseries 2.12: Antiquities 2: Sketchbook 28
Arrangement:
Sketchbooks, housed in document boxes and stored on shelves, are organized by Joseph Upton into 13 subject categories.
Local Numbers:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; SK-28

FSA A.06 02.12.28
Former Title or Title Variations:
Ernst Herzeld; Skizzenbuch XXVIII: Antiken II
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's original sketchbook title and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Additional information from staff reads, "Ernst Herzfeld inadvertently duplicated the numbering of page 29 through page 35. He later corrected the duplicated set of numbers which now ranges from page 35 to page 47. Unfortunately, in his four inventories of objects, he did not apply these corrections when referring to sketchbook 28."
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
Animals in art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Cuneiform tablets  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Numismatics  Search this
Old Persian inscriptions  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Seals (Numismatics)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
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, File FSA A.06 02.12.28
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 2: Sketchbooks / 2.12: Antiquitäten
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d4a48eef-7236-4458-9201-03183ad0bb2e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref7836

Sketchbooks

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
35 Items (Sketchbooks, various dimensions)
Type:
Archival materials
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Europe
Croatia
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
Aleppo (Syria)
Baghdad (Iraq)
Damascus (Syria)
Dāmghān (Iran)
Estakhr (Extinct city)
Fīrūzābād (Iran)
Hamadān (Iran)
Ḥamāh (Syria)
Ḥimṣ (Syria)
Iṣfahān (Iran)
Khark Island (Iran)
Maʻarrat al-Nuʻmān (Syria)
Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran)
Pasargadae (Extinct city)
Persepolis (Iran)
Ray (Iran)
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Shīrāz (Iran)
Ṭūs (Iran)
Date:
1923-1931
undated
Scope and Contents:
All notes are in German.
- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks, 1923-1931," which is composed of 35 sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher), is organized into thirteen subseries and covers Herzfeld's travels and surveys of the most major archaeological sites in Persia, Mesopotamia and Northern Syria, from 1923 to 1931. It also covers the field activities at Pasargadae (Spring 1928) and of the Persepolis Expedition (1931).
- FSA A.6 02.01, which includes eight sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII), covers Herzfeld's travels and surveys of the most major archaeological sites in Persia from 1923 to 1924.
- FSA A.6 02.02, which includes three sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher IX, X, and XI), provides a succinct but seemingly comprehensive view of the site of Pasargadae where Herzfeld formal excavations only occupied twenty-eight days in April and May 1928.
- FSA A.6 02.03, which includes one sketchbook (Skizzenbüch XII), in part covers Herzfeld's years of travel and survey of most major archaeological sites in eastern Iran (Khorasan, Persia) in 1925.
- FSA A.6 02.04, which includes one sketchbook (Skizzenbüch XIII), in part covers Herzfeld's years of travel and survey of most major archaeological sites in eastern Iran (Sistan-Quhistan, Persia) in 1925.
- FSA A.6 02.05, which includes one sketchbook (Skizzenbüch XIV), provides records of Herzfeld's observations related to Isfahan (Iran), Kerman (Iran), Na'in (Iran), and Saweh (Iran).
- FSA A.6 02.06, which includes one sketchbook (Skizzenbüch XV), provides records of Herzfeld's observations during a campaign of excavation at Kuh-e Khwaja (Iran) and Sistan (Iran), carried out in February and March 1929.
- FSA A.6 02.07, which includes seven sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI,and XXII), covers the field activities of the Persepolis Expedition, including excavations at Istakhr (Iran), Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran), and the terrace complex of Persepolis (Iran). The archaeological work was initiated by Professor Ernst Herzfeld in Spring 1931, until he was removed from his position as expedition director at the end of 1934.
- FSA A.6 02.08, which includes one sketchbook (Skizzenbüch XXIII), provides records of Herzfeld's observations on archaeological remains related to Split (Croatia).
- FSA A.6 02.09, which includes one sketchbook (Skizzenbüch XXIV), provides records of measurements for topographical maps with calculations related to Firuzabad (Iran), Khurha (Iran), Pasargadae (Iran), Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran), and Persepolis (Iran).
- FSA A.6 02.10, which includes one sketchbook (Skizzenbüch XXV), provides records of Herzfeld's observations on archaeological remains and prehistoric artifacts related to Nineveh (Iraq), Ur (Iraq), Samarra (Iraq), Hamadan (Iran), Harsin (Iran), Kermanshah (Iran), and Shiraz (Iran).
- FSA A.6 02.11, which includes one sketchbook (Skizzenbüch XXVI), provides records of Herzfeld's observations on archaeological remains, prehistoric artifacts and decorative motifs, some from the Hahn Collection.
- FSA A.6 02.12, which includes five sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, and XXXI), provides records of Herzfeld's observations on archaeological remains, reliefs and inscriptions, prehistoric artifacts and decorative motifs related to several archaeological sites in Persia and Mesopotamia, as well as to the prehistoric mound of Tepe Giyan (Iran) in particular.
- FSA A.6 02.13, which includes four sketchbooks (Skizzenbücher XXXII, XXXIII, XXXIV, and XXXV), provides records of Herzfeld's observations on inscriptions, archaeological remains, architecture, and decorative motifs related to Aleppo (Syria), Damascus (Syria), Hama (Syria), Hims (Syria), and Ma'arat al-Nu'man (Syria).
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks
Arrangement:
Sketchbooks, housed in five document boxes and stored on shelves, are organized by Joseph Upton into thirteen subdivisions.
Biographical / Historical:
- "Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879-1948) was an orientalist whose many talents led him to explore all phases of Near Eastern culture, from the prehistoric period to Islamic times and from linguistics and religion to art and architecture." [Margaret Cool Root, 1976: "The Herzfeld Archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 119-124."]
Local Numbers:
FSA A.06 02
General:
- Sketchbooks titles are provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld's publications, handwritten sketchbooks captions and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Series 2: Sketchbooks, 1923-1931, n.d.."
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Achaemenian inscriptions  Search this
Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Akkadian  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions, Elamite  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Inscriptions, Arabic  Search this
Inscriptions, Pahlavi  Search this
Inscriptions, Parthian  Search this
Middle Persian language  Search this
Old Persian inscriptions  Search this
Relief (Sculpture)  Search this
Sassanids  Search this
Textile design  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketchbooks
Drawings
Sketches
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, Series 2
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d900ac97-bffa-48b3-a0c3-9fcf04fa848a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref6806

The Gimilsin temple and the palace of the rulers at Tell Asmar, by Henri Frankfort, Seton Lloyd and Thorkild Jacobsen, with a chapter by Günter Martiny

Author:
Frankfort, Henri 1897-1954  Search this
Lloyd, Seton  Search this
Jacobsen, Thorkild 1904-  Search this
Martiny, Günter 1903-  Search this
Subject:
Temple of Gimilsin (Tell Asmar, Iraq)  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 271 p., illus., plates. 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tell Asmar (Iraq)
Date:
1940
[c1940]
Topic:
Architecture, Assyro-Babylonian  Search this
Cuneiform inscriptions  Search this
Call number:
mfc84
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_132586

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