Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Aerial View (Royal Air Force) of the Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil and the Walled City of Samarra
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- File 23-36-134 FSA A.06 04.PF.23.134
- 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.
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Names
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Collection Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- Place
- Asia
- Iraq
- Mesopotamia
- Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
- Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra -- Great Mosque of al-Mutawakkil.
- Topic
- Islamic art and architecture series
- Topic
- Abbasids
- Aerial photography
- Architecture
- Art of the Islamic World
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Religious buildings
- Creator
- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
- See more items in
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers
- Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.23: Photo File 23: Samarra: Paläste und Moscheen--II / are not in the Album. They are miscellaneous photos of all ruins mentioned, plus some of Imam Dur (Nos. 175--182)
- Extent
- 1 Item (photographic print, b&w, 8.2 cm. x 13.2 cm.)
- Date
- bulk 1918
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 04.PF.23.134
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- Original Caption on photograph reads, "Samarra. Royal Air Force Official Crown Copyright Reserved. 62."
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1585219957152-1585219959555-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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