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Citadel of Damascus (Syria): Eastern Fortification Wall, Northern Wall of the Eastern Gate's Courtyard (between Tower E and Tower F): Detail View of Inscriptions (No. 15 and No. 16) Inscribed on Lintel of Entrance Portal

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
FSA A.6 04.GN.3448
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Place
Asia
Syria
Damascus (Syria)
Syria -- Damascus -- Damascus
Topic
Art of the Islamic World
Archaeology
Architecture
Inscriptions
Inscriptions, Arabic
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files
Extent
1 Glass negative (b&w, 13 cm. x 18 cm.)
Date
1908-1914
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Identifier
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.3448
Type
Archival materials
Glass negatives
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
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves."
Collection Rights
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photo File 16, vol. 1, image No. 111
Genre/Form
Glass negatives
Scope and Contents
- Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 16, vol. 1 reads, "Damascus, Citadel. Inscription on portal E."
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.16: Photo File 16 (2 vols.), "Syrian Architecture," Subseries 4.16.1: vol. 1; Image No. 111 (Negative Number: 3448). Damascus, Citadel. Inscription on portal E."
- Additional information from Staff reads, "These inscriptions are a financial decree (Inscription No. 15) of the Mamluk sultan al-Malik al-Mansur Ala al-Din Ali and an inscription (Inscription No. 16) of his second successor, al-Malik al-Zahir Sayf al-Din Barquq."
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1585219957152-1585219966785-3
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc30d95a8f0-4e26-4d14-b8f7-9e3dc1f8c9fc

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