Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragment of Ceramic Bowl Inscribed with Artist Signature

Object Details

Local Numbers: Box 11, File 20, Folder 7, Image 15b FSA A.06 04.PF.20.030
General: Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Friedrich Sarre's publication, "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 2: Die Keramik von Samarra."
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 1912 and 1913.

Place: Asia; Iraq; Mesopotamia; Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq); Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra

Topic: Abbasids; Art of the Islamic World; Excavations (Archaeology); Inscriptions; Pottery

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.20: Photo File 20: Samarra: Wandschmuck and Geschichte der Stadt Samarra / Prints of illustrations in vol.II, Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, "Die Keramik" von F. Sarre, insofar as found in the Archive. These are supplemented by unpublished photos of ceramics. The inventory numbers were noted on the backs of the prints and refer to the Expedition Inventory of Finds in the Archive (Archive No.S-1). The negative numbers proceeded by an "S", also noted on the backs, refer to a Samarra listing. Plate numbers refer to the printed text.

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

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: Sarre, Friedrich, 1925: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 2; Die Keramik von Samarra. Verlag Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, Berlin. Plate XXXVI, center."

Scope and Contents: Original publication caption reads, "Tafel XXXVI. Mesopotamische und Ostasiatische Keramik; Bruchstücke von Gefäβen verschiedener Technik; 2 = I 18."; Additional information in publication reads, "I 18. IN-570; Taf. XXXVI 2; Abb. 186; Einzeilige Aufschrift in Tusche, auf dem Boden einer Schale."; Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."