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The Politics of Provenance Research: Reassessing the Appropriation of Finds from the Samarra Excavations Cover

The Politics of Provenance Research: Reassessing the Appropriation of Finds from the Samarra Excavations

Open Access
|Aug 2026

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Figure 1

Sāmarra qażāsınıñ ʿAtīq Cāmiʿ-i Şerīfi [The ancient mosque of the Samarra district], late nineteenth century, İstanbul Üniversitesi Nadir Eserler Kütüphanesi, 90478/0045, II.Abdülhamid Han Fotoğraf Albümleri, © İstanbul Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi.

Figure 2

Opening ceremony of the third section of the Ottoman Imperial Museum, 1908. Salt Research, Harika-Kemali Söylemezoğlu Archive, APO00185.

Figure 3

Bartus removing wall decoration, Samarra, 1912. SMB, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Pl. Sam 1086.

Figure 4

The removed wall decorations and casts, Samarra, 1912. SMB, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Pl. Sam 976.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bha-751 | Journal eISSN: 2047-6930
Language: English
Page range: 4 - 4
Submitted on: Nov 17, 2025
Accepted on: May 22, 2026
Published on: Aug 27, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Vincent Engelhardt, Jakob Wigand, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.