Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Letter to Dr. Becker, March 5, 1912, Describing Round Stamps with Animal Design, Vegetal Ornamentation, or Inscription
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: S-30

 FSA A.06 07.30.09
label: General
content: - Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und Seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin, 1923."
label: General
content: - Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
name: label: Creator
content: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
label: Names
content: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
label: Collection Creator
content: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Iraq
label: Place
content: Mesopotamia
label: Place
content: Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
label: Place
content: Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
topic: label: Topic
content: Abbasids
label: Topic
content: Animals in art
label: Topic
content: Antiquities
label: Topic
content: Architectural drawing
label: Topic
content: Art of the Islamic World
label: Topic
content: Decoration and ornament
label: Topic
content: Excavations (Archaeology)
creator: label: Creator
content: Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ernst Herzfeld Papers
label: See more items in
content: Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: 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 The material on the houses should be studied in conjunction with the photographs in Photo Files 19--23 and the unpublished plans and drawings in the "D" (drawings) file.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Correspondence (1 leaf), 18 cm. x 25.7 cm)
label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (8 leaves, 27.2 cm. x 19.7 cm)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.30.09
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Sketches
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: - Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
label: Arrangement
content: - S-30 is organized into 17 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches