Boar Hunt

Abstract

Stone relief of wild boars fleeing from the elephants.

Image Notes

Photograph created May 1963. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly catalogued as B45.747, K.096. Notes written on the slide or index: Taq-i Bustan Boar Hunt.

Identifier BG.058
Collection BG: Kermanshah and Bisutun
Location Kermanshah, Iran
Year 1963
Batch Stamp SEP 63
Keywords Stone,
Stone Carving,
Relief Patterns,
Relief Sculpture,
Sassanian,
Fourth Century AD,
Written Date May, 1963
Printed Date September, 1963
Index Notes Taq-i Bustan Boar Hunt
General Location Taq-e Bostan
Camera Location Detail of Relief on Left Wall of Main Iwan
Precision Likely
Angle 305 degrees NW
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