The Monastery of Rabban Hormizd
Image View Description:
Detail of the relief decoration of the main altar
Date:
Early 7th century A.D.
Location:
Alqosh (Iraq)
Title Variant:
Rabban Hormuz Monastery
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
limestone
Culture:
Assyrian-Chaldean
Digital Media Source
Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University, produced as a part of the Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments project
Digitized Media Source
Photographer:
Helen Malko
Notes:

The monastery has had several restorations and extensions since its first construction in the early 7th century.

Record ID:
1314_iraq2013_strabbanhormuzmonastery_img_032
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