Tus (Iran): Squeeze of Arabic Inscription, on Gravestone Found near Haruniya Mausoleum

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Local Numbers: A-10 FSA A.6 06.A010a
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.

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

Place: Asia; Iran; Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus

Topic: Art of the Islamic World; Archaeology; Inscriptions; Inscriptions, Arabic

Creator: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions / 6.1: Arabic Script / A-10: Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked "1" on four squeezes, numbered 10/10c. See N-118, p.11

Extent: 1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 9 in.x 17 in. (22.9 cm. x 43.2 cm.))

Date: 1923-1931

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

Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 06.A010a

Type: Archival materials; Paper squeezes

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: Papers squeezes are organized in sequential number following language scripts, which are housed in folders, and stored in metal flat files.

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

Genre/Form: Paper Squeezes

Scope and Contents: - Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 10 and 11. Tûs. Grabstein in d. Hārūniyya; 'II'."; - Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 10: [no neg.] Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked '1' on four squeezes, numbered 10/10c. See N-109, p. 11."; - Variant names: "Haruniyeh Gunbad, Gunbad-e Haruniyeh, Gonbad-e Haruniyeh, Boq'e-ye Hordokieh, Haruniyya Mausoleum."