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Creation Year
1963
Image ID
BG.040
Alternate Identifier
B45.729
Subcollection
BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun
Abstract
A view of the larger iwan, dating from the fifth century AD, showing stucco decoration on the face.
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 May 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B45.729, K.088. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Kermanshah, Iran
Keywords
Sassanian, Stone, Masonry, Iwan, Relief Patterns, Stone Carving, Arches, Stucco, Fifth Century AD, Trees
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