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Creation Year
1963
Image ID
BG.059
Alternate Identifier
B45.748
Subcollection
BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun
Abstract
Stone relief of Khosrow II coolly taking his aim at two wild boars, while musicians play in a boat below him. The large figure of the king is poised and calm, a symbol of order in the general tumult of the hunt.
Image Notes
Photograph created May 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B45.748, K.094. Notes written on the slide or index: King in boat only, 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
Rights Statement
