Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): West of Sur Isa, House XII: Panoramic View of Room 15 and 16, 13 and 14 on the Right

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Local Numbers: Box 11, File 19, Folder 1, Image 4b FSA A.06 04.PF.19.008
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld's publication, "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 1: Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und seine Ornamentik."
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: Prints 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.

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

Place: Asia; Iraq; Mesopotamia; Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq); Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- West of Sur Isa

Topic: Abbasids; Architecture; Art of the Islamic World; Excavations (Archaeology); Mural painting and decoration; Panoramas; Stucco

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.19: Photo File 19: Samarra: Wandschmuck / are from the volume

Extent: 1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 8.7 cm. x 28.6 cm.)

Date: 1911-1913

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 04.PF.19.008

Type: Archival materials; 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.

Arrangement: Prints are organized in sequential number following publication series, "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra." They are arranged in photo file folders which are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Bibliography: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1923: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 1; Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, Berlin. Plate III, center."

Genre/Form: Photographic prints

Scope and Contents: - Original publication caption reads, "Haus XII. Blick von Zimmer 15 u. 16, rechts 13 u. 14."; - Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative. Print marked with Herzfeld's original seal."