Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): al-Quraina, House VII, T-Shaped Hall 2: Plaster Cast of Wall with Ornamentation

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Local Numbers: Box 11, File 19, Folder 5, Image 84a FSA A.06 04.PF.19.171
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 -- al-Quraina

Topic: Abbasids; Architecture; Art of the Islamic World; Decoration and ornament; Excavations (Archaeology); Mural painting and decoration; 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, 7.8 cm. x 12.1 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.19.171

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 LXXXI, center."

Genre/Form: Photographic prints

Scope and Contents: Original publication caption reads, "Orn. 230."; Additional information in publication reads, "229. Haus VII, Tau-förmiger Saal 2, Südflügel, West- und Südwand; Tafel LXXXI (versehentlich als 230 bezeichnet); Abb. 242a und b und 243."; Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative; After carefully reviewing Herzfeld's publication, the ornament depicted on the photograph is Orn. 229 instead of Orn. 230."