Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Wood Fragment with Ornamentation, Found in Palace of the Caliph (Dar al-Khilafa, Jawsaq al-Khaqani, Bayt al-Khalifah), Square Reception-Hall Block, Room Identified as a Harem

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Local Numbers: Box 11, File 19, Folder 2, Image 29a FSA A.06 04.PF.19.060
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 second campaign of excavation at Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin in 1913.

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 -- Dar al-Khilafa

Topic: Abbasids; Architecture; Art of the Islamic World; Excavations (Archaeology); Decoration and ornament

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, 16.6 cm. x 7.7 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.19.060

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 XXV, left."

Genre/Form: Photographic prints

Scope and Contents: Original publication caption reads, "Orn. 71."; Additional information in publication reads, "71. Holz, IN-809, Djausaq, Räume ostl. vom Kuppelsaal des Harem; Tafel XXV, Abb. 73."; Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."