Image View Description:
Forecourt, Suq al-Marifa
Date:
1073-1162
Location:
Lalish (Iraq)
Title Variant:
The Sanctuary of Shaykh Adi
Work Type:
architecture
Material / Technique:
limestone, marble
Culture:
Yazidi, Kurdish
Creator:
Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (Arabic patron, 1073-1162), Feqir Shemo bin Mir Yadkan (Arabic patron, unknown), Baba Chawush, Pir Kemal (Iraqi patron, 20th century)
Subject 4
Measurements:
Western wall - L.: 29.5 m, southern wall - L.: 72 m, eastern wall - L.: 28 m
Photographer:
Serdar Yalcin
Notes:

The complex experienced several renovations and additions since its first erection in the 12th century.

Image Source:

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

Record ID:
1314_iraq2013_lalishsheikhaditemple_vr_01