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Creation Year
1967
Image ID
BG.056
Alternate Identifier
B45.745
Subcollection
BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun
Description
Stone relief of elephants charging at the wild boars, on the lateral wall of the larger iwan. The hunt involves Khosrow’s men on elephants flushing the boars out of the marsh. Hunting has been one of the most prized royal pursuits in Iranian history, with depictions of hunts being an omnipresent motif in all arts and media. The site may have been an earlier Parthian hunting ground.
Image Notes
Photograph created March 1967. Photograph processed September 1967. Formerly catalogued as B45.745. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan Boar Hunt.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Kermanshah, Iran
Keywords
Sassanian, Stone, Relief Patterns, Stone Carving, Fourth Century AD, Relief Sculpture
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