A view of the larger iwan, dating from the fifth century AD, showing stucco decoration on the face.
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.
Photograph created May 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B45.729, K.088. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan.
Compare with BG.039, taken four years later, when the foliage and barbed wire are removed.
