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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Typological Study of Wooden Ornamentation

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) (12.3 cm. x 26.2 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, "IN-890, Skzb 6, pg. 39; s.n., Skzb 8, pg. 18; IN-924, Skzb 7, pg. 32; IN-963, Skzb 7, pg. 24."
- Additional information from Finds Journal reads, "IN-890: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall, south (Thronsäle Süd)]; s.n.; IN-924: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Cruciform Reception-Hall]; IN-963: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall (Thronsaal)]."
- 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 07.11.31
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 07.11.31
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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/dc323c01547-91be-4e88-814f-12dad0162a40
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24637

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Typological Study of Wooden Ornamentation

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) (15.3 cm. x 16.1 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (28.5 cm. x 18.2 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, "IN-774, Skzb 6, pg. 30; IN-965, Skzb 7, pg. 41."
- Additional information from Finds Journal reads, "IN-774: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 17t]; IN-965: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Ḥarem]."
- 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 07.11.32
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 07.11.32
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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/dc3c25096c9-5cc1-4db5-a464-4562bdfbdc00
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24638
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Typological Study of Wooden Ornamentation

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) (18.2 cm. x 25.1 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
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 07.11.33
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 07.11.33
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/dc3c5ff6d29-6aee-498f-baa6-10e30715a90d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24639

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Typological Study of Wooden Ornamentation

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) (17.9 cm. x 33.1 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, "IN-793; Skzb 6; pg. 23; IN-923; Skzb 7; pg. 23."
- Additional information from Finds Journal reads, "IN-793: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 17u]; IN-923: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Cruciform Reception-Hall]."
- 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 07.11.34
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 07.11.34
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/dc39741b866-9818-4405-9039-2429efdefc8f
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24640

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Typological Study of Wooden Ornamentation

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) (18.3 cm. x 26.5 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, "IN-702; Skzb 6; pg. 21; IN-774; Skzb 6; pg. 22; IN-786; Skzb 6; pg. 22; IN-980; Skzb 7; pg. 26."
- Additional information from Finds Journal reads, "IN-702: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Serdab stairs (Serdab treppe)]; IN-774: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 17t]; IN-786: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 22m]; IN-980."
- 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 07.11.35
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 07.11.35
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/dc355862a79-8626-49c5-8282-259444a70328
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24641

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Typological Study of Wooden Ornamentation

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) (33.3 cm. x 24 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, "IN-890, Skzb 6, pg. 39; IN-923, Skzb 7, pg. 18; IN-924, Skzb 7, pg. 20-21; IN-963, Skzb 7, pg. 24."
- Additional information from Finds Journal reads, "IN-890: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall, south (Thronsäle Süd)]; IN-923: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Cruciform Reception-Hall]; IN-924: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Cruciform Reception-Hall]; IN-963: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall (Thronsaal)]."
- 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 07.11.36
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 07.11.36
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/dc31581fca7-6895-41be-972e-722894840e88
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24642

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Typological Study of Stone Capital

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) (23.5 cm. x 23.5 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (23.5 cm. x 30 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
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 07.11.37
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 07.11.37
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/dc3e6c075b1-fdbd-4887-aea3-a76946650c23
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24643
Online Media:

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Twenty-six Drawings of Various Finds

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) (Drawing 1 folder (26 leaves), various dimensions.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
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 handwritten notes for item 'a' reads, "IN-57; IN-270: [Kūrah]; IN-185: [House IX, room 4 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 4)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'b' reads, "IN-187: [House IX, room 4 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 4)]; IN-188: [House IX, room 5 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 5)]; IN-186: [House IX, room 4 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 4)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'c' reads, "IN-189: [House IX, room 4 (formerly Haus VI, zimmer 4)]; IN-2092: [House XII, room 1 (formerly Haus IX, zimmer i)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'd' reads, "IN-631: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 16u]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'e' reads, "IN-56."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'f' reads, "[Ornament 31]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'g' reads, "[Ornament 33]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'h' reads, "IN-36; IN-38; IN-59; IN-627: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 35n]; IN-732: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 26w]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'i' reads, "IN-890: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall, south (Thronsäle Süd)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'j' reads, "IN-69: [House I (formerly Haus I)."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'k' reads, "IN-70: [House I]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'l' reads, "IN-30: [Sargid ʿAbbās]; IN-58; IN-70: [House I]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'm' reads, "IN-39."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'n' reads, "IN-268: khirr Gzêïgi."
- 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 'q' reads, "IN-656: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 33l]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 'r' reads, "IN-656: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 33l]; IN-977: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall (Thronsäle)]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 's' reads, "[room 6]."
- Translated handwritten notes for item 't' reads, "[House IX, room 7 (Haus IX, zimmer 7)]; [House XIV, room 8 (Haus II, zimmer 8)]."
- 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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  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 07.30.02
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-30: "Samarra, Privathäuser." Contains measured drawings of plans and architectural details with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12/29) and to the Fundjournal. The material on the houses should be studied in conjunction with the photographs in Photo Files 19--23 and the unpublished plans and drawings in the "D" (drawings) file.
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Eighteen Sketches of All Private Houses

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
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.
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 07.30.04
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-30: "Samarra, Privathäuser." Contains measured drawings of plans and architectural details with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12/29) and to the Fundjournal. The material on the houses should be studied in conjunction with the photographs in Photo Files 19--23 and the unpublished plans and drawings in the "D" (drawings) file.
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Four Drawings Depicting Wall and Column Ornamentation

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) (drawing 1 item (1 leaf) ; 28 cm. x 21 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (drawing 1 item (1 leaf) ; 18.7 cm. x 8.7 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (drawing 1 item (1 leaf) ; 12.7 cm. x 29.5 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (drawing 1 item (1 leaf) ; 13.1 cm. x 12.8 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information for item 'a' (top left) reads, "[Dār al-Khilāfa, Ḥarem, ornament 49 and 56]."
- Additional information for item 'b' (top right) reads, "[IN-920: [Dār al-Khilāfa]."
- Additional information for item 'c' (bottom left) reads, "[IN-36; IN-38; IN-59; IN-627: Dār al-Khilāfa, 35n; IN-732: Dār al-Khilāfa, 26w."]
- Additional information for item 'd' (bottom right) reads, "[IN-884: Dār al-Khilāfa, ornament 30."]
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 07.30.03
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," 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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  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 07.30.03
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-30: "Samarra, Privathäuser." Contains measured drawings of plans and architectural details with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12/29) and to the Fundjournal. The material on the houses should be studied in conjunction with the photographs in Photo Files 19--23 and the unpublished plans and drawings in the "D" (drawings) file.
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc32d7521ef-3938-4ade-80dc-e487096ca565
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ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24652
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Four Ground Plans of Unidentified Houses Containing the Locations of Wall Ornamentation

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Sketch (1 leaf)
1 Sketch (1 leaf)
1 Sketch (1 leaf)
Type:
Archival materials
Sketches
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-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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Genre/Form:
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 07.30.07
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-30: "Samarra, Privathäuser." Contains measured drawings of plans and architectural details with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12/29) and to the Fundjournal. The material on the houses should be studied in conjunction with the photographs in Photo Files 19--23 and the unpublished plans and drawings in the "D" (drawings) file.
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d8994524-09fa-4998-b894-5d74afbc9041
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24654
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Typological Study of Stone Ornamentation

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) (14.8 cm. x 10 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (12.2 cm. x 7.6 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information for item 'a' reads , "IN-82: [House III, courtyard]; IN-268: [khirr Gzêïgi]."
- Additional information for item 'b' reads , "IN-268: [khirr Gzêïgi]."
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 07.30.12
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.
Topic:
Abbasids  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Architectural drawing  Search this
Architecture  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 07.30.12
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-30: "Samarra, Privathäuser." Contains measured drawings of plans and architectural details with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12/29) and to the Fundjournal. The material on the houses should be studied in conjunction with the photographs in Photo Files 19--23 and the unpublished plans and drawings in the "D" (drawings) file.
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3443536f0-5c73-4832-aa24-fca9f25ba8b6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24657
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Shrine Complex Including Shrines of the Tenth and Eleventh Imams of the Shi'ite Faith, and the Ghaibat al-Mahdi

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (sketch, 32.3 cm. x 25 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (13.7 cm. x 50.2 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (15.1 cm. x 51.2 cm.)
1 Drawings (visual works) (24 cm. x 50.2 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Shiite Shrine Complex.
Date:
1908-1913
Scope and Contents:
- "The tenth and eleventh Imams of the Shi'ite faith, Ali al-Hadi and his son Hasan al-Askari were buried in their house on Abi Ahmad Street, near the mosque of Caliph al-Muta'sim. The shrine centered on their tombs was first developed in 944-45 by Hamdanid ruler Nasir al-Dawla, and by the succeeding Buyid dynasty. The town of Samarra subsequently gained importance as a center of pilgrimage. This holy shrine has been rebuilt multiple times, including two major renovations in 1053-54 by military leader Arslan al-Basasiri and in 1209-10 by Abbasid Caliph Al-Nasir li-Din Allah, who is commemorated by an inscription in the sirdab of the adjoining shrine of twelfth Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi. In 1868-69, the shrine complex was renovated by Qajar ruler Nasir al-Din Shah." ["Samarra". The Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: E.J. Brill, VIII, p.1039-1041].
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.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31:f

FSA A.06 07.31.06
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948," and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
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
Inscriptions  Search this
Religious buildings  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 07.31.06
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc370f3a763-15ae-42ec-a542-b2dc9f92e5d8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24669
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Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Drawings and Notes on Papyrus Found inside the Square Reception-hall Block of the Palace of the Caliph (Dar al-Khilafa, Jawsaq al-Khaqani, Bayt al-Khalifah)

Topic:
Papyrus
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) (40.1 cm. x 34 cm.)
1 Item (note, 28 cm. x 21.5 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, 24.1 cm. x 18.2 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Notes
Drawings
Photographic prints
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Dar al-Khilafa
Date:
1911-1913
Arrangement:
- Drawings, sketches, notes and prints 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.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31

FSA A.06 07.31.10a
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948," and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
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
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notes
Drawings
Photographic prints
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 07.31.10a
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc39b6de3a8-fbd4-4ea3-91f1-641646c3e7cd
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24673

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Sketches of Marble Fragments with Horseshoe Patterns as well as Various Individual Inscriptions

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
9 Sketches (various small dimensions.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sketches
Notes
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
Additional information for the fragments reads, "IN-966: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall (Bayt al-Khalīfah, Thronsaal)]; IN-984; Marble, Viollet finds (Marmor Viollet)."
Arrangement:
- Drawings, sketches, notes and prints 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.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31

FSA A.06 07.31.18
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948," and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notes
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 07.31.18
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc361627644-b52f-4bcf-8e45-41c9062789f9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24680

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Drawing of a Remnant of Paper and Additional Notes on Wood Beams

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Sketch (1 leaf)
Type:
Archival materials
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
Additional information for the inscriptions reads, "IN-597: [Dār al-Khilāfa, 31o (Bayt al-Khalīfah, 31o)]."
Arrangement:
- Drawings, sketches, notes and prints 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.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31

FSA A.06 07.31.20
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948," and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
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
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Genre/Form:
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 07.31.20
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d63cc7bc-6743-4260-8e34-9fc918862ab7
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24683
Online Media:

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): al-Quraina, House IV: Fragment of Wall Decoration

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) (14.7 cm. x 18.6 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Drawings
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Original information in German reads, "Haus IV, zimmer 1 (House IV, room 1)."
- Publication caption in German for abb.11 reads, "12. Einziges Beispiel von Schrift unter den vielen Wanddekorationen von Samarra, in reliefiertem Gips."
Arrangement:
- Drawings, sketches, notes and prints 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.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31

FSA A.06 07.31.25
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948."
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
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
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Inscriptions  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 07.31.25
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3e9eb8b15-9328-4276-919b-fb0a02c6956e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24688

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Two Firebrick Fragments with Inscription and Animal Design

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) (11.2 cm. x 22.6 cm.)
1 Item (sketch, 9.3 cm. x 13.1 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, 12.5 cm. x 18 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Sketches
Drawings
Photographic prints
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Balad
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from finds journal reads, "IN-253: Balad, Marz 1911."
- Additional information from finds journal reads, "IN-254. Balad"
Arrangement:
- Drawings, sketches, notes and prints 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.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31

FSA A.06 07.31.26
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948."
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
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
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sketches
Drawings
Photographic prints
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 07.31.26
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc34fe41fcd-9f7f-47e6-866a-28bd9690fc9c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24689
Online Media:

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Remnant of Paper Inscribed In Arabic

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Sketch (1 leaf)
Type:
Archival materials
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Arrangement:
- Drawings, sketches, notes and prints 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.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31

FSA A.06 07.31.30
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948."
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
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
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Genre/Form:
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 07.31.30
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3f962e75e-44a6-4ffd-a300-3ee018ab18cc
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24693

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragment of Marble with Geometrical Ornamentation

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Sketch (1 leaf)
Type:
Archival materials
Sketches
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
- Publication caption in German for abb.23 reads, "30. Marmorstück mit Perlenrand."
Arrangement:
- Drawings, sketches, notes and prints 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.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31

FSA A.06 07.31.31
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948."
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
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
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Genre/Form:
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 07.31.31
See more items in:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ea549c69-0bc9-4484-8774-ec9470546987
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24694

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