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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
BG.041
Alternate Identifier
B45.730
Subcollection
BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun
Abstract
Detail of frame of the larger iwan. The frame terminates in a fluttering ribbon which in turn leads to a winged figure bearing a crown.
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 B45.730. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan details.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Kermanshah, Iran
Keywords
Sassanian, Stone, Masonry, Iwan, Relief Patterns, Stone Carving, Arches, Stucco, Fifth Century AD
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