Sunghur (Iran): Squeeze of Arabic Inscription, in Kufic Script, from Unidentified Gravestone

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Local Numbers: A-30 FSA A.6 06.A030
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Finding Aid.

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

Place: Asia; Iran; Iran -- Kermanshah -- Sunghur

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-30: Sunghur, tombstone. Borders in three sections, numbered 30/30b. Kufic. See N-117, p.3 or 5 and SK-I, p.29

Extent: 1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 14 in.x 38 in. (35.5 cm. x 96.5 cm.))

Date: 1923

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

Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 06.A030

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] 5. Sunghur, Kuf. Grabstein."; - Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 30: [no neg.] Sunghur, tombstone. Borders in three sections, numbered 30/30b. Kufic. See N-108, p.3 or 5 and SK-I, p.29."