Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Large Papyrus, Found in Palace of the Caliph (Dar al-Khilafa, Jawsaq al-Khaqani, Bayt al-Khalifah), Square Reception-Hall Block, Room Identified as a Harem
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Box 11, File 20, Folder 10, Image 75 FSA A.06 04.PF.20.147
- General
- - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld's publication, "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 6: Geschichte Der Stadt Samarra."
- Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
- Prints 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 in 1911 and 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
- Islamic art and architecture series
- Papyrus
- Topic
- Abbasids
- Art of the Islamic World
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- 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 / Include prints of illustrations in vol.VI, Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, "Die Geschichte der Stadt Samarra." Plate numbers are those given in the printed text. Also included are related panoramic views, unpublished.
- Extent
- 1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 22.5 cm. x 16.7 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.20.147
- 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, 1948: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 6; Geschichte Der Stadt Samarra. Verlag Von Eckardt & Messtorff, Hamburg. Andrews and Dietrich Reimer, in Berlin. Tafel XXV."
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- Original publication caption in German reads, "Groβer Papyrus aus dem Harem des Djausaq al-Khāqāni."
- Translated publication caption by Joseph Upton reads, "Grosser Papyrus aus dem Harem des Djausaq al-Khāqāni."
- Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1585219957152-1585219959432-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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