Detail: Inscription, Brickwork on Southern Facade of Bridge, Western End
Date:
begun ca. 1147
Location:
Silvan (Turkey)
Title Variant:
Malabadi Köprüsü, Pira Malabadê
Work Type:
architecture, sculpture
Material / Technique:
stone
Culture:
Turkish, Assyrian
Style / Period:
Artuqid
Measurements:
total length: 150 m, width: 7 m, height: 19m, longest span: 38.6m
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:
Gabriel Rodriguez
Notes:
This bridge spans the Batman River near the town of Silvan in southeastern Turkey.