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D-1062: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Shiite Shrine Complex, Shrine of Imam al-Hadi: Sketch Plan and Arabic Annotations

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (45 cm. x 33.3 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1062
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shiite Shrine Complex.
Date:
1907-1913
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Samarra, Mashhad Ali al-Hadi."
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-1062

FSA A.06 05.1062
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
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.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Religious buildings  Search this
Shrines  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1062
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1062: Samarra. Mashhad of 'Ali al-Hadi. Plan. Measured plan D-1063
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3e3da0e3b-c60f-4729-93b1-912291f956a7
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ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24586

D-1063: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Shiite Shrine Complex, Shrine of Imam al-Hadi: Sketch Plan and Measurements

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (41.5 cm. x 33 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1063
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shiite Shrine Complex.
Date:
1907-1913
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Samarra, Mashhad Ali."
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-1063

FSA A.06 05.1063
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
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.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Religious buildings  Search this
Shrines  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1063
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc315599fe1-e99d-4830-bbd3-a6fc382e32f2
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24587

D-1116: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Balkuwara Palace, Mosque II: Ground Plan and Section of the Building and the Mihrab

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Dietrich Reimer Verlag (Berlin, Germany)  Search this
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (15 cm. x 21.3 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1115–16
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Balkuwara
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Samarra, Balkuwara. Original d. Reimer. Kleine Masgid."
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-1116

FSA A.06 05.1116
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Religious buildings  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1116
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1115--16: Samarra. Balkuwara (print). Marked "Original was with D.Reimer" (publisher)
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f1c40f92-32c1-4323-80b9-ffedc799d452
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24588

D-1115: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Balkuwara Palace, Gate II: Plan and Section of Southern Wing

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Dietrich Reimer Verlag (Berlin, Germany)  Search this
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (15 cm. x 21.3 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1115–16
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Balkuwara
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Samarra, Balkuwara. Original d. Reimer."
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-1115

FSA A.06 05.1115
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1115
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1115--16: Samarra. Balkuwara (print). Marked "Original was with D.Reimer" (publisher)
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3154b676f-f4e5-44da-9fa4-684671dbfbff
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24589

D-1111: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Qasr al-Ashiq

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Qasr al-Ashiq
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-450; IN-449; IN-450; IN-452; IN-450; IN-451."
- "The five barrel-vaulted sardābs of the ground level of the gateway abutting the palace were the focus of Herzfeld's excavation activities. Of the five sardābs forming the substructure for the rooms on the second-storey platform, the central one was partially excavated in 1911. The rooms had been filled with debris in the late madieval period when the second storey was remodeled. Finds included not only carved stucco fragments but also lustre and molded wares and a large percentage of Raqqa-wares." [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.108."]
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-1111

FSA A.06 05.1111
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3938ba6c4-be17-4f18-8373-4b9e875e2dcd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24595

D-1111a: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Qasr al-Ashiq

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Qasr al-Ashiq
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information from the Finds journal reads, "IN-429."
- "The five barrel-vaulted sardābs of the ground level of the gateway abutting the palace were the focus of Herzfeld's excavation activities. Of the five sardābs forming the substructure for the rooms on the second-storey platform, the central one was partially excavated in 1911. The rooms had been filled with debris in the late madieval period when the second storey was remodeled. Finds included not only carved stucco fragments but also lustre and molded wares and a large percentage of Raqqa-wares." [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.108."]
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-1111a

FSA A.06 05.1111a
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Animals in art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111a
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc369fca478-e96d-4f14-9245-44c5e60cc170
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24596

D-1111b: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Qasr al-Ashiq

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Qasr al-Ashiq
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-457; IN-458; IN-458; IN-458; IN-458; IN-474; IN-473."
- "The five barrel-vaulted sardābs of the ground level of the gateway abutting the palace were the focus of Herzfeld's excavation activities. Of the five sardābs forming the substructure for the rooms on the second-storey platform, the central one was partially excavated in 1911. The rooms had been filled with debris in the late madieval period when the second storey was remodeled. Finds included not only carved stucco fragments but also lustre and molded wares and a large percentage of Raqqa-wares." [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.108."]
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-1111b

FSA A.06 05.1111b
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111b
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3125844ac-2fb0-4f6c-94cf-67c769d431e6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24597

D-1111c: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Qasr al-Ashiq

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Qasr al-Ashiq
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information from the Finds journal reads, "IN-452; IN-454; IN-456; IN-445."
- "The five barrel-vaulted sardābs of the ground level of the gateway abutting the palace were the focus of Herzfeld's excavation activities. Of the five sardābs forming the substructure for the rooms on the second-storey platform, the central one was partially excavated in 1911. The rooms had been filled with debris in the late medieval period when the second storey was remodeled. Finds included not only carved stucco fragments but also lustre and molded wares and a large percentage of Raqqa-wares." [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.108."]
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-1111c

FSA A.06 05.1111c
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111c
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d894810b-42f3-48db-ab18-bddfe389723d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24598

D-1111d: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Qasr al-Ashiq

Topic:
Islamic art and architecture series
Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Qasr al-Ashiq
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information from the Finds journal reads, "IN-447; IN-448; IN-451."
- "The five barrel-vaulted sardābs of the ground level of the gateway abutting the palace were the focus of Herzfeld's excavation activities. Of the five sardābs forming the substructure for the rooms on the second-storey platform, the central one was partially excavated in 1911. The rooms had been filled with debris in the late madieval period when the second storey was remodeled. Finds included not only carved stucco fragments but also lustre and molded wares and a large percentage of Raqqa-wares." [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.108."]
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-1111d

FSA A.06 05.1111d
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111d
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc344ea7a46-185f-426d-a0d0-34da8159f410
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24599

D-1111e: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Qasr al-Ashiq

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Qasr al-Ashiq
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information from the Finds journal reads, "IN-444; IN-444; IN-441; IN-445."
- "The five barrel-vaulted sardābs of the ground level of the gateway abutting the palace were the focus of Herzfeld's excavation activities. Of the five sardābs forming the substructure for the rooms on the second-storey platform, the central one was partially excavated in 1911. The rooms had been filled with debris in the late madieval period when the second storey was remodeled. Finds included not only carved stucco fragments but also lustre and molded wares and a large percentage of Raqqa-wares." [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.108."]
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-1111e

FSA A.06 05.1111e
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111e
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3e7199f9c-9a1f-4e25-9577-ecc1c24cab4f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24600

D-1111f: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Qasr al-Ashiq

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Qasr al-Ashiq
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-393; IN-443; IN-440."
- "The five barrel-vaulted sardābs of the ground level of the gateway abutting the palace were the focus of Herzfeld's excavation activities. Of the five sardābs forming the substructure for the rooms on the second-storey platform, the central one was partially excavated in 1911. The rooms had been filled with debris in the late madieval period when the second storey was remodeled. Finds included not only carved stucco fragments but also lustre and molded wares and a large percentage of Raqqa-wares." [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.108."]
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-1111f

FSA A.06 05.1111f
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111f
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f622308a-0ac9-4b13-80ac-5370ca2195d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24601

D-1111g: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Pre-Islamic Cemetery Located at Shabbat al-Hawa

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shabbat al-Hawa
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-372; IN-388; IN-376; IN-376; IN-390; IN-390; IN-390."
- "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-1111g

FSA A.06 05.1111g
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.
Topic:
Animals in art  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Parthians  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111g
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc39d1e9c69-013c-43d0-ab9f-a7c6fce339b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24602

D-1111h: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Pre-Islamic Cemetery Located at Shabbat al-Hawa

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shabbat al-Hawa
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-368; IN-368; IN-371."
- "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-1111h

FSA A.06 05.1111h
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.
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Parthians  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111h
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc38172417e-9d61-422a-a5aa-730f9b3a3a19
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24603

D-1111i: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Pre-Islamic Cemetery Located at Shabbat al-Hawa

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shabbat al-Hawa
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-356; IN-355; IN-357; IN-357; IN-358; IN-366."
- "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-1111i

FSA A.06 05.1111i
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.
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Parthians  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111i
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc35002b86f-9f73-4e56-b756-45786bf2ee18
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24604

D-1111j: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Pre-Islamic Cemetery Located at Shabbat al-Hawa

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shabbat al-Hawa
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original caption reads, "Samarra - Book 3."
- Additional information reads, "IN-347; IN-348; IN-351; IN-352; IN-349; IN-350; IN-353; IN-354."
- "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-1111j

FSA A.06 05.1111j
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.
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Parthians  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111j
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc360314105-110b-46f5-a586-520d22041753
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24605

D-1111k: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Pre-Islamic Cemetery Located at Shabbat al-Hawa

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
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.
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Parthians  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111k
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc325e71ab9-9938-4d4b-beec-a87f64b11f12
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24606

D-1111l: Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Prehistoric Vessels and Artifacts, Found in the Pre-Islamic Cemetery Located at Shabbat al-Hawa

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (22.7 cm. x 29.7 cm.)
Container:
Item D-1111
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
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.
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Parthians  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 05.1111l
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 5: Drawings and Maps / D-1111: Samarra. Thirteen sheets of drawings of pottery, etc., marked "Book 3"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc325e56cc8-1178-42c5-9c03-fad31cfe8424
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24607

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Detail of Vegetal Ornamentation Reproduced on Tracing Paper

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (17.5 cm. x 13.5 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (39 cm. x 28.8 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1910-1913
Scope and Contents:
Finding aid title reads, "'Samarra, Holz'. Contains water-colors of wooden panels and miscellaneous drawings of wood, stone and glass objects with cross-references to sketchbooks and to the 'Fundjournal'." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]
Arrangement:
- S-11 is organized into 37 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
Local Numbers:
S-11

FSA A.06 07.11.05
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.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.11.05
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-11: "Samarra, Holz". Contains water-colors of wooden panels (Nos.D-1234--1237) and miscellaneous drawings of wood, stone and glass objects with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12--29) and to the "Fundjournal"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3a51906f5-ff65-44f0-a837-a6e9a546058e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24611
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Detail of Geometrical Ornamentation Reproduced on Tracing Paper

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (32.9 cm. x 27.3 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1910-1913
Scope and Contents:
Finding aid title reads, "'Samarra, Holz'. Contains water-colors of wooden panels and miscellaneous drawings of wood, stone and glass objects with cross-references to sketchbooks and to the 'Fundjournal'." [Joseph M. Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive, compiled in 1974]
Arrangement:
- S-11 is organized into 37 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
Local Numbers:
S-11

FSA A.06 07.11.06
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.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Genre/Form:
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, Item FSA A.06 07.11.06
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-11: "Samarra, Holz". Contains water-colors of wooden panels (Nos.D-1234--1237) and miscellaneous drawings of wood, stone and glass objects with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12--29) and to the "Fundjournal"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc364592403-92e5-4d80-be38-2d4757988b7c
EDAN-URL:
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Detail of Vegetal Ornamentation on Wooden Panel

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Drawings (visual works) (14.2 cm. x 9.8 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (41.4 cm. x 18.3 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (16.7 cm. x 18.5 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Scope and Contents:
- Original handwritten notes on verso reads, "Holz.; Gr. M.; IN-16." Translated notes reads, "Wood; Great Mosque; Inventory Number 16."
- Original handwritten notes on verso reads, "IN-755; dap mi R... IN-518!." Translated notes reads, "Inventory Number 755."
Arrangement:
- S-11 is organized into 37 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
- Journals, letters, and sketchbooks are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes.
Local Numbers:
S-11

FSA A.06 07.11.07
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.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Genre/Form:
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, Item FSA A.06 07.11.07
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-11: "Samarra, Holz". Contains water-colors of wooden panels (Nos.D-1234--1237) and miscellaneous drawings of wood, stone and glass objects with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12--29) and to the "Fundjournal"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3a0f24d9b-25f4-4744-aeb2-1484cbecb59a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24613
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