MCID

Image View Description:

Exterior: Upper Elevation of Southern Facade, Western End

Date:

begun ca. 1147

Location:

Silvan (Turkey)

Title Variant:

Malabadi Köprüsü, Pira Malabadê‎

Work Type:

architecture

Work Type 2:

sculpture

Material / Technique:

stone

Culture:

Turkish

Culture 2:

Assyrian

Style / Period:

Artuqid

Measurements:

total length: 150 m, width: 7 m, height: 19m, longest span: 38.6m

Photographer:

Zainab Bahrani

Notes:

This bridge spans the Batman River near the town of Silvan in southeastern Turkey.

Image Source:

Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University

Record ID:

1516_mmm2015_malabadibridge_img_066