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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
BG.037
Alternate Identifier
B45.726
Subcollection
BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun
Abstract
A view of the reflecting pool in front of the iwans from atop the mountain. A weeping willow tree (Salix Babylonica, bid in Persian) can be seen.
Description
The Taq-e-Bostan (“arch of stone”) is a site 5 km from Kermanshah in Western Iran, famous for the well-preserved Sassanian rock carvings that it contains in two grottos treated as iwans. There are two iwans, one larger than the other.
Image Notes
Photograph created March 1967. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly catalogued as B45.726. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Kermanshah, Iran
Keywords
Sassanian, Fourth Century AD, Stone, Masonry, Iwan, Pool, Mountains, Stucco
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