City walls
Title
City walls
Date
ca. 700 BCE
Date Created
October 27, 2014
Identifier
5364
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Iraq (nation)
Tell Nabi Yunus (deserted settlement)
Style/Period
Late Assyrian
Subject
city walls
Description
View of city walls from Nineveh in Iraq. "The architects designed these cities as a large rectangle, surrounded by a massive wall ... On every side of the rectangle, the wall was pierced by several monumental gates, some of which were seemingly not used,"--The Ancient Mesopotamian City, by Marc Van De Mieroop. Gordon Bugbee Collection
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
36
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
GPB-ANC1-1109
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