Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shabbat al-Hawa
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-342; IN-338; IN-339; IN-340; IN-345; IN-344."
- "During work at a place called Shabbat al-Hawā (which Herzfeld transcribes as Shabbat al-Hawīy) located right on the rift north of the city, they found a pre-Islamic cemetery beneath the Islamic layers. The cemetery, better known from Herzfeld's diary as the Parthian cemetery, was explored between May 15 - 25. No other trace of settlement, which would have explained the existence of a cemetery, was found and Herzfeld decided to give up searching for it." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003; p.14."]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1111k
FSA A.06 05.1111k
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shabbat al-Hawa
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-329; IN-330; IN-331; IN-334; IN-333; IN-332."
- "During work at a place called Shabbat al-Hawā (which Herzfeld transcribes as Shabbat al-Hawīy) located right on the rift north of the city, they found a pre-Islamic cemetery beneath the Islamic layers. The cemetery, better known from Herzfeld's diary as the Parthian cemetery, was explored between May 15 - 25. No other trace of settlement, which would have explained the existence of a cemetery, was found and Herzfeld decided to give up searching for it." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003; p.14."]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1111l
FSA A.06 05.1111l
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
- The identification of the residential sites: "Herzfeld numbered all sites while the excavation was still in progress. When it became obvious that two courtyards with adjacent rooms turned out to belong to the same complex, however, he assigned new numbers. Herzfeld gave numbers to 16 houses in various locations, splitting certain buildings into, for instance, House Va or XIb, naming in all 24 different sites. [...]. Unfortunately, Herzfeld changed the numbering of the houses a third time when he finished the final drawings for the publication, including only 14 houses. [...]. In those cases in which Herzfeld noted on his field sketch either the name of the area or the new numbering of the house we can at least identify the site. These records indicate al-Quraina (Qurainah) as the location of Houses I to VI, connect al-Qāṭūn with House XI, the area of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā with Houses VIII and IX, and a House XVII with Jubairiyya." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003; p.121."]
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'o' reads, "IN-220: [House XIII, room 12 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 12)]; IN-211: [Bath II, (Bad II)]; IN-222: [House XII, bath, room 10 (formerly Haus IX, bad, zimmer 10)]; IN-227: [House XII, room 20 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer 20)]; IN-689: [Tall al-Alīq (Tell al-Alidj)]; IN-691: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Small Serdab]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'p' reads, "IN-129: [House II, west and east room (formerly Haus I, west and ost zimmer)]; IN-621: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 11 and 16]; IN-620: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 16t, 31q]; IN-681: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 31s]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'u' reads, "[House V, room 37, 45 ( Haus V, zimmer 37, 45)]; [House II, room 8 (Haus II, zimmer 8)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'v' reads, "[House II, room 8 (Haus II, zimmer 8)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'w' reads, "IN-109: [House II, room 13 ([formerly] Haus I, zimmer 13)]; IN-103: [House IV ([formerly] Haus III)]; IN-102: [House VII]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'x' reads, "[IN-215: House XIV, T-shaped Hall (Haus VIII, T-form)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'y' reads, "[IN-925: Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall (Thronsäle)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'z' reads, "[IN-874]."
Arrangement:
- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
- S-30 is organized into 17 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-30
FSA A.06 07.30.02
General:
- Title is 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, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
- Since these are primary sources, handwritten captions in the sketchbook are specified in three stages: (1) an English designation following Thomas Leisten and Alastair Northedge's terminology; (2) the transcribed original caption in German which is provided under parenthesis; and (3) additonal information from Herzfeld's publication, "Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und Seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin, 1923." and Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003" which is provided under bracket.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Notes 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 between the years 1911 and 1913.
Funding note:
Funded by
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
1 Sketch (1 folder (1 leaf), various small dimensions.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sketches
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- The identification of the residential sites: "Herzfeld numbered all sites while the excavation was still in progress. When it became obvious that two courtyards with adjacent rooms turned out to belong to the same complex, however, he assigned new numbers. Herzfeld gave numbers to 16 houses in various locations, splitting certain buildings into, for instance, House Va or XIb, naming in all 24 different sites. [...]. Unfortunately, Herzfeld changed the numbering of the houses a third time when he finished the final drawings for the publication, including only 14 houses. [...]. In those cases in which Herzfeld noted on his field sketch either the name of the area or the new numbering of the house we can at least identify the site. These records indicate al-Quraina (Qurainah) as the location of Houses I to VI, connect al-Qāṭūn with House XI, the area of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā with Houses VIII and IX, and a House XVII with Jubairiyya." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003; p.121."]
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'a' reads, "House I (Haus I)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'b' reads, "House II (Haus II)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'c' reads, "House III (Haus III)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'd' reads, "House IV (Haus IV)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'e' reads, "House V (Haus V)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'f' reads, "House VI (Haus VI)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'g' reads, "House VI (Haus VIa)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'h' reads, "House VII (Haus VII)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'i' reads, "House VII (Haus VIIa)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'j' reads, "House VIII (Haus VIII)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'k' reads, "House IX (Haus IX)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'l' reads, "House X (Haus X)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'm' reads, "House XI (Haus XI)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'n' reads, "House XII (Haus XII)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'o' reads, "House XII (Haus XIIa)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'p' reads, "House XIII (Haus XII, Haus XIII)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'q' reads, "House XIII (Haus XIIIa)."
- Translated (original) handwritten notes for item 'r' reads, "House XIV (Haus XIV)."
Arrangement:
- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
- S-30 is organized into 17 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-30
FSA A.06 07.30.04
General:
- Title is 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, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
- Since these are primary sources, handwritten captions in the sketchbook are specified in three stages: (1) an English designation following Thomas Leisten and Alastair Northedge's terminology; (2) the transcribed original caption in German which is provided under parenthesis; and (3) additonal information from Herzfeld's publication, "Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und Seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin, 1923," and Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003" which is provided under bracket.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Notes 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 between the years 1911 and 1913.
Funding note:
Funded by
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
- The identification of the residential sites: "Herzfeld numbered all sites while the excavation was still in progress. When it became obvious that two courtyards with adjacent rooms turned out to belong to the same complex, however, he assigned new numbers. Herzfeld gave numbers to 16 houses in various locations, splitting certain buildings into, for instance, House Va or XIb, naming in all 24 different sites. [...]. Unfortunately, Herzfeld changed the numbering of the houses a third time when he finished the final drawings for the publication, including only 14 houses. [...]. In those cases in which Herzfeld noted on his field sketch either the name of the area or the new numbering of the house we can at least identify the site. These records indicate al-Quraina (Qurainah) as the location of Houses I-VI, connect al-Qāṭūn with House XI, the area of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā with Houses VIII and IX, and a House XVII with Jubairiyya." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003; p.121."]
- Original caption for item 'a' (top left) reads, "Gebaüde X." Translated caption for item 'a' reads, "Building X." Decorative motifs are specified in room 2, and room 3.
- Original caption for item 'b' (top right) reads, "Haus VIIIA, an dem weg zum Flusr." Translated caption for item 'b' reads, "on the road to Flusr." Decorative motifs are specified in room 2, and room 3.
- Original caption for item 'c' (bottom left and right) reads, "an weg nach gr. schlosz. Hohe mauer." Decorative motifs are specified in room 3.
Arrangement:
- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
- S-30 is organized into 17 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-30
FSA A.06 07.30.07
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Notes 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 between the years 1911 and 1913.
Funding note:
Funded by
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Original handwritten notes on drawing reads, "Haus XI, früher Haus VII, Qaṭūn. Unpublished."
The identification of the residential sites: "Herzfeld numbered all sites while the excavation was still in progress. When it became obvious that two courtyards with adjacent rooms turned out to belong to the same complex, however, he assigned new numbers. Herzfeld gave numbers to 16 houses in various locations, splitting certain buildings into, for instance, House Va or XIb, naming in all 24 different sites. [...]. Unfortunately, Herzfeld changed the numbering of the houses a third time when he finished the final drawings for the publication, including only 14 houses. [...]. In those cases in which Herzfeld noted on his field sketch either the name of the area or the new numbering of the house we can at least identify the site. These records indicate al-Quraina (Qurainah) as the location of Houses I to VI, connect al-Qāṭūn with House XI, the area of Ṣūr ʿĪṣā with Houses VIII and IX, and a House XVII with Jubairiyya." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003; p.121."]
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): al-Qatun, House XI: Ground Plan [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-253
FSA A.06 05.0253
General:
Title is provided by FSg Archives staff based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive and Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Additional information reads, "In July 1911, Herzfeld moved his camp to the eastern bank of the Tigris to the site of Manqūr. The name al-Manqūr designated a vast field of ruins that extended from the southern end of the former built-up areas of Samarra almost to the northern bank of the Qāʼin canal's inlet. Herzfeld had been attracted to Manqūr during his earlier visit by a wide arch that stuck out of the ruin, a landmark called 'al-Jamal,' the camel, by the locals. Excavations in a few places within Manqūr and a simultaneous mapping of the site soon made it clear to Herzfeld that he was dealing with a palace of immense dimensions. Soon after the work has started, Herzfeld identified it as a place with the classical name of Balkuwārā or Barkuwārā, a palace from the time of al-Mutawakkil frequently mentioned in the Arabic historical and geographical literature." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p.81."]
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Balkuwara: General Plan of the Complex with Outer Enclosure and Palace [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1017
FSA A.06 05.1017
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, vol 1."
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Additional information reads, "During the relatively short period of work at Manqūr / Balkuwārā in the summer and early fall of 1911, Herzfeld's efforts focused mainly on the central reception block between the third courtyard and the so-called river garden above the Tigris, especially on the eastern Īwān and some adjacent easterly rooms. He surveyed the rest of the reception block of the palace, including the cruciform domed hall in the center as well as the courtyard houses and ancillary complexes with the two maidāns to the south and north and added their general outlines, as far as they were visible among the ruins, to the plan. Herzfeld was certainly interested in the main architectonic features of the palace, but at the same time had hoped to uncover new varieties of stucco wall ornaments and to make major ceramic finds. In both he was disappointed. This probably contributed to his decision to stop the work on the site at the end of September 1911." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p.91."]
- Handwritten annotations in German reads, "Afgenommen (?) von E. Herzfeld."
- Handwritten number, probably by Joseph upton, reads, "D-1019."
- Additional information from staff reads, "multiple annotations in English, probably for publication."
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Samarra. Plan of unidentified palace. Water-color."
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Balkuwara Palace: Watercolor Plan [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1019
FSA A.06 05.1019
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Additional information reads, "Much smaller than other palaces, Qaṣr al-ʿĀshiq still has the charasteristic structural elements of the grand palace architecture of Samarra. the palace proper, built within an oblong perimeter wall, was protected by an outer enclosure. From Herzfeld's plan and photographs, one has the impression that a double row of rooms was attached to some of the interior segments of the outer wall. No building, however, was either excavated or could be traced completely on the ground. Both enclosure were separated from each other by a moat but also by the element of height: the inner enclosure was built on a plateau 4-5m higher than the surrounding area." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p.107-108."]
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Qasr al-Ashiq: Plan of Excavated Areas and Standing Walls [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1020
FSA A.06 05.1020
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Abu Dulaf Mosque
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
Original caption on verso reads, "Samarra. Dj. Mutawakkiliyye."
Additional information reads, "Herzfeld spent not more than two days during the second campaign in the mosque of al-Mutawakkiliyya (June 19-20, 1913), partially excavating the miḥrāb, and 'scraping' - as he admits himself - at the court facade of the transept and in the qibla aisle of the ḥaram, and finally at the plinth of the minaret. While Herzfeld sketched the overall plan of the Great Mosque complex at Mutawakkiliyya in 1913, the final product is based partially on measurements taken by his surveyor, Commander von Ludloff." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p.58."]
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Congregational Mosque of Madinat al-Mutawakkiliyya (Abu Dulaf Mosque): Plan of the Mosque and Ziyada [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1021
FSA A.06 05.1021
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Balkuwara Palace: Honeycomb Coffers of the Vaulted Ceiling of Room 7 [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1022
FSA A.06 05.1022
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, vol 1."
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Balkuwara Palace, Bath: Ground Plan and Section of Hypocaust System and Soffit of Arch in the Alcove Vaults [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1023
FSA A.06 05.1023
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, vol 1."
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Additional information reads, "During the relatively short period of work at Manqūr / Balkuwārā in the summer and early fall of 1911, Herzfeld's efforts focused mainly on the central reception block between the third courtyard and the so-called river garden above the Tigris, especially on the eastern Īwān and some adjacent easterly rooms. He surveyed the rest of the reception block of the palace, including the cruciform domed hall in the center as well as the courtyard houses and ancillary complexes with the two maidāns to the south and north and added their general outlines, as far as they were visible among the ruins, to the plan. Herzfeld was certainly interested in the main architectonic features of the palace, but at the same time had hoped to uncover new varieties of stucco wall ornaments and to make major ceramic finds. In both he was disappointed. This probably contributed to his decision to stop the work on the site at the end of September 1911." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p.91."]
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1024
FSA A.06 05.1024
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, "Excavation of Samarra, vol 1."
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Balkuwara Palace, Mosque I: Ground Plan [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1026
FSA A.06 05.1026
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Balkuwara Palace, Bath: Coffered Ceiling Details and Section of Squinch in the Central Domed Room [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1051
FSA A.06 05.1051
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Original caption reads, "Samarra, bath, numbered 15."
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Bath II in Residential Quarter: Ground Plan [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1052
FSA A.06 05.1052
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Qubbat al-Sulaibiyya
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra, Qubbat al-Sulaibiyya."
- Additional information reads, "Visiting the site of Samarra in 1908, Sarre and Herzfeld had already become interested in the Qubbat al-Ṣulaibiyya. Herzfeld published preliminary measurements as well as a tentative interpretation of the building as the mausoleum of three of the caliphs of Samarra in 1911. During his absence at the end of June 1911, after some of his most skilled workmen from Ḥillah had begun to remove the debris in and around the building, Herzfeld returned to the Qubbat al-Ṣulaibiyya in the early days of December 1911. Between December 3 and 5, additional research was undertaken in the form of a deep sounding within the main chamber of the building that revealed three skeletons." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p.72."]
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Qubbat al-Sulaibiyya: Ground Plan and Section of the Octagonal Building [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1055
FSA A.06 05.1055
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawing related primarly to the archaeological expedition along the Euphrates and Tigris valleys, carried out by Ernst Herzfeld and Friedrich Sarre from October 1907 and March 1908 or the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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- Additional information reads, "Herzfeld was highly interested in metrology and spent considerable time obtaining exact measurements of the buildings he worked on. ... this assumption was confirmed by a meticulous measuring of the framed blind niches of the northwestern facade: while the height of the niche's frame was c. 6.40m, the space between the columns flanking this niche turned out to be 3.25m wide. The proportion 1:2 also repeat itself (10.24m) and its width (5.06m). The width of the columns reappeared as the width of the small arched field in the niche and in the surroundind concave molding." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p.109-110."]
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Qasr al-Ashiq, Three Blind Niches of the Northwestern Fac̦ade: Ground Plan and Elevation [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1059
FSA A.06 05.1059
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawing related primarly to the archaeological expedition along the Euphrates and Tigris valleys, carried out by Ernst Herzfeld and Friedrich Sarre from October 1907 and March 1908.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Additional information reads, "Ṣūr ʿĪṣā belongs to the group of large buildings within the ruin that Herzfeld did not excavate in 1911-1912 for lack of time, though he did make tracings from the remains still visible on the ground." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003. p.112."]
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Sur Isa, Identified as al-Mutawakkil's Palace of al-Burj: Sketch Plan [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1066
FSA A.06 05.1066
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
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Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- West of Sur Isa
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original handwritten notes reads, "Haus XIII, from sketch book, Samarra, unpublished."
- The identification of the residential sites: "Herzfeld numbered all sites while the excavation was still in progress. When it became obvious that two courtyards with adjacent rooms turned out to belong to the same complex, however, he assigned new numbers. Herzfeld gave numbers to 16 houses in various locations, splitting certain buildings, [...] naming in all 24 different sites. [...]. Unfortunately, Herzfeld changed the numbering of the houses a third time when he finished the final drawings for the publication, including only 14 houses. [...]. In those cases in which Herzfeld noted on his field sketch either the name of the area or the new numbering of the house we can at least identify the site. [...]." [Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 2003; p.121."]
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): West of Sur Isa, House XIII: Ground Plan [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-1070
FSA A.06 05.1070
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Thomas Leisten's publication, Excavation of Samarra, vol 1.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Drawings related primarly to the first campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1911.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
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