Preview

image preview

Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Year

1967

Image ID

BG.044

Alternate Identifier

B45.733

Subcollection

BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun

Abstract

Column Capital at Taq-e Bostan.

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 B45.733. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan details.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Kermanshah, Iran

Keywords

Sassanian, Stone, Relief Patterns, Stone Carving, Fourth Century AD, Relief Sculpture, Capital

Share

 
COinS
 

Rights Statement

In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted