Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Octagon of Husn al-Qadisiyya: View of the Exterior Wall

Object Details

Local Numbers: File 23-28-105 FSA A.06 04.PF.23.105
General: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's transcript of original captions written on the backs of the prints which were glued to an Album page."
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.

Place: Asia; Iraq; Mesopotamia; Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq); Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- al-Qadisiyya

Topic: Abbasids; Architecture; Art of the Islamic World; Excavations (Archaeology)

See more items in: Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.23: Photo File 23: Samarra: Paläste und Moscheen--II / Qadisiyyah

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

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 planned but never published volumes of the "Die Ausgrabungen von Samarra" series to deal with the architecture of the palaces, mosques and private houses. They are 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.

Scope and Contents: - Caption provided by Joseph Upton reads, "285 (in blue: 398) Qādisiyyah, West mauer."; - Original photograph number given in red reads, "285."; - Original photograph number given in blue, possibly indicating a revision, reads, "398."; - Additional information from Archives staff reads, "No existing negative."