Ulu Beden Tower
Image View Description:
Exterior: View of Tower from the East
Date:
ca. 1208
Location:
Diyarbakır (Turkey), Diyarbakır (Turkey)
Title Variant:
Ulu-Evli Beden Burcu
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
basalt
Culture:
Turkish, Kurdish
Style / Period:
Artuqid, Byzantine
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:
Zainab Bahrani
Notes:

The walls were originally completed in the 4th century CE and were rebuilt and expanded over time, this particular tower was built in the Artuqid period around 1208

Record ID:
1516_mmm2015_ulubedentower_img_036
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Department of Art History and Archaeology
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