Photographs
M_014
Album M 1909 - Iraq, Turkey
Date taken: May 1909 |
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Photographer: Gertrude Bell |
Location: Mar Behnam - Iraq |
Modern location: |
Size: 12/9.7 |
Condition: Good |
Subject date: 12-14th C |
Description: Behnam, SW outer door [Monastery of Mfr Behnfm (Moslem - Deir el Khidr) carved decorated lintel showing a pair of birds on either side of a cross, over the lintel, two carved snakes tail to tail, in the corner, lions with tails ending in the head of a snake, a band of entrelac, and round it, a band of Syriac inscriptions surrounding the door] |
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