Image View Description:
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
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:
Gabriel Rodriguez
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_030