Ctesiphon: Ruins of great palace, audience hall to right

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dc.contributor.authorGodard, Andre
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialPersia (Ctesiphon, Iraq)
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-24T23:56:18Z
dc.date.available2020-08-24T23:56:18Z
dc.date.created1965
dc.date.updated2020-08-24T23:56:18Z
dc.descriptionIt was flanked by a wall similar to the one on the left until it was destroyed in an earthquake in 1880. Iwan was 100 ft. high, 140 ft. long. Thought to be the work of Shapur I (241-272). Ctesiphon was Parthian royal city chosen by Ardashir as capital of Sassanian empire (see Roman Ghirshman, Iran: Parthians and Sassanians, translated by Stuart Gilbert and James Emmons, London, Thames & Hudson, 1962, p. 136)
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-4264
dc.identifier.otherP(S)-55
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/208916
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2020
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectSassanian
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleCtesiphon: Ruins of great palace, audience hall to right
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Andre Godard, The Art of Iran, translated by Michael Heron, New York, F.A. Praeger, 1965, Plate 110, p. 192
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4962371

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