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circa 1926
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2 Prints (silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.89-12
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Images of excavated mammoth head and Double Adobe site where milling stones were found twelve feet below the surface. The photographs were probably collected by Neil Merton Judd, whose handwritten notes are on the versos.
Found In
Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Wall-Paintings and Reconstructed Color Pattern, from the Palace of the Caliph (Dar al-Khilafa, Jawsaq al-Khaqani, Bayt al-Khalifah), Square Reception-Hall Block, Room Identified as a Harem
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- Creators:
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1911-1913
- Level:
- item
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1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 16.6 cm. x 11.8 cm.)
1 Print (ill., b&w, 16.6 cm. x 11.6 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 16.4 cm. x 10.4 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Original publication caption reads, "Djausaq, Harem. Gemälde im kuppelscheitel: Stehende frauen und vögel." [Herzfeld, Ernst, 1927: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 3; Die Malereien von Samarra. Verlag Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, Berlin. Pp. 32-34, and Plate XXX.]
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "Samarra was founded by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833-842) in 836 AD to serve as his imperial capital. [...] The construction of the many mosques and palaces at Samarra fostered an early flowering of architectural decoration. What mainly survives today are wall revetments in carved stucco a...
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."
Contained In:
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Photographic Files / Photo File 21: Samarra: Malereien / Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Wall-Paintings and Reconstructed Color Pattern, from the Palace of the Caliph (Dar al-Khilafa, Jawsaq al-Khaqani, Bayt al-Khalifah), Square Reception-Hall Block, Room Identified as a Harem
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1911-1913
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 16.2 cm. x 11.3 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 14.2 cm. x 11.6 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 16.4 cm. x 11.6 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Original publication caption reads, "Djausaq, Thronsäle. Die Bildsäulen. Mittelteil eines stehenden Ritters. Kopf und Schulter eines Priesters." [Herzfeld, Ernst, 1927: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 3; Die Malereien von Samarra. Verlag Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, Berlin. Pp. 84-99; Plates LXIII; LXIV; LXV.]
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "Samarra was founded by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833-842) in 836 AD to serve as his imperial capital. [...] The construction of the many mosques and palaces at Samarra fostered an early flowering of architectural decoration. What mainly survives today are wall revetments in carved stucco a...
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."
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- Creators:
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1911-1913
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 16.6 cm. x 11.6 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 16.2 cm. x 11.6 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 11.5 cm. x 16.5 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Original publication caption reads, "Djausaq, Thronsäle. Die Bildsäulen. Oberteil einer Bildsäule: Frau mit Meistersignatur." [Herzfeld, Ernst, 1927: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 3; Die Malereien von Samarra. Verlag Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, Berlin. Pp. 84-99; Plate LXVIII.]
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "Samarra was founded by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833-842) in 836 AD to serve as his imperial capital. [...] The construction of the many mosques and palaces at Samarra fostered an early flowering of architectural decoration. What mainly survives today are wall revetments in carved stucco a...
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."
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- Creators:
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1911-1913
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 11.4 cm. x 16.9 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 11.4 cm. x 16.3 cm.)
1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 11.4 cm. x 16.7 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Original publication caption reads, "Djausaq, Thronsäle. Die Bildsäulen. Scherben eines Tonkruges mit Tuschzeichnungen und Bruchstück einer Bildsäule." [Herzfeld, Ernst, 1927: "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra, vol. 3; Die Malereien von Samarra. Verlag Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen, Berlin. Pp. 84-99; Plates LXXIV and LXXV, bottom.]
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "Samarra was founded by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tasim (r. 833-842) in 836 AD to serve as his imperial capital. [...] The construction of the many mosques and palaces at Samarra fostered an early flowering of architectural decoration. What mainly survives today are wall revetments in carved stucco a...
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."
Contained In:
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Photographic Files / Photo File 21: Samarra: Malereien / Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Earthenware Jar with Ink Drawings and Artist Signature, from the Palace of the Caliph (Dar al-Khilafa, Jawsaq al-Khaqani, Bayt al-Khalifah), Square Reception-Hall Block, Throne Hall
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- Creators:
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1913
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 9.8 cm. x 9.3 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Handwritten numbers on photograph reads, "860; 788; 670; 860; 788; 860; 697; 860; 860; 825; -; 675."
- Finds Journal of the Excavation of Samarra (S-1), in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: "IN-670; IN-697; IN-788; IN-825; IN-860."
- Small Finds Journal of the Excavation of Samarra (S-4.1), in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: "IN-670; IN-697; IN-788; IN-825; IN-860."
- Handwritten number on duplicate photograph given in red reads, "128."
- Drawing in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: [FSA A.6 05.0214].
- Samarra Finds, Sketchbooks in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: S-16, p.26, 36; S-18, p.2, 3, 7, 10.
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- Creators:
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1911-1913
- Level:
- item
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1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 13.3 cm. x 12.6 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 12.6 cm. x 13.9 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 9 cm. x 16.7 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 14 cm. x 13.2 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 12.2 cm. x 13 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 14.1 cm. x 16.7 cm)
1 Drawings (visual works) (1 leaf, 16.7 cm. x 22.2 cm)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identified site for item 'a' reads, "Balkuwārā, general view of outer enclosure and palace."
- Identified site for item 'b' reads, "Unidentified mosque."
- Identified site for item 'c' reads, "palace and cantonment at al-Iṣṭabulāt."
- Identified site for item 'd' reads, "Octagon of Husn al-Qādisiyya."
- Identified site for item 'e' reads, "Zanqūr."
- Identified site for item 'f' reads, "Reception-hall block of an unidentified palace."
- Identified site for item 'g' reads, "Unidentified palace."
Contained In:
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-30: "Samarra, Privathäuser." Contains measured drawings of plans and architectural details with cross-references to sketchbooks (S-12/29) and to the Fundjournal. The material on the houses should be studied in conjunction with the photographs in Photo Files 19--23 and the unpublished plans and drawings in the "D" (drawings) file. / Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Seven Sketches of Palaces and Mosques
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- Creators:
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1911-1913
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 11.6 cm. x 16.7 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Additional information fro Finding Aid reads, "IN-90; Kiste 10, kleine holz kiste mit 77; Haus II (früher I), in zimmer 27; Anfang March [1911]."
- Additional information fro Finding Aid reads, "IN-118 b; Kiste 9; B.M.; Haus II (früher I), westzimmer; [excavated on] March 12, 1911."
- Original publication caption reads, "94. IN-91; Abb. 69; Ähnlicher, besser geformter, hellblau glasierter Krug; Fundort: Haus IV."
- Original publication caption reads, "98. IN-92; Abb. 72; Kleiner blauglasierter Salbentopf roher Form; Fundort: Haus II."
- Original publication caption reads, "99. IN-88; Abb. 73; Kleiner blauglasierter Topf roher Form; Fundort: Haus III."
- Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."
Contained In:
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Photographic Files / 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. / Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Glazed Ceramic Vessels, Found in al-Quraina, House II, III, and IV
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- Creators:
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1911-1913
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 11.7 cm. x 16.7 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Finds Journal of the Excavation of Samarra (S-1), in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: "IN-744; IN-749; IN-828?; IN-867; IN-891; IN-942; IN-947."
- Handwritten annotation on photograph reads, "867; 891; 947; 749; 828?; 942; 744."
- Additional publication information reads, "201. IN-749, IN-828, IN-867, IN-891, IN-993 (BM London), IN-891 (VAM London C.622-1922); Taf.XXI2; Aqu.; Phot. Bruchstücke von Fliesen des Rankenfrieses."
- Drawing in Ernst Herzfeld Papers: [FSA A.6 05.0912].
Contained In:
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Photographic Files / 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. / Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragments of Tiles with Luster Painting over a White Glaze, Found in Palace of the Caliph (Dar al-Khilafa, Jawsaq al-Khaqani, Bayt al-Khalifah)
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Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Dates:
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1911-1913
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 16.5 cm. x 11.6 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A.06
- Repository:
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Original information in Finds Journal reads, "IN-509: Kiste 22; Haus ge. Ṣūr Īṣā in fluss nahe am 'Sūq'; [Excavated on] December 9, 1911."
Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."
Contained In:
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Photographic Files / 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. / Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Fragment of Ceramic Vessel, Found in West of Sur Isa, Unidentified House