Magic Lantern Slide: Walls of Ishtar Gate, Babylon -- Sacred processional horse
- Description
- This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows the historic site of Babylon. This image records the Ishtar Gate with a detail of an animal in bas-relief. Rowden was in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was not sent home until 1919 or 1920. He visited several archaeological and historical sites and photographed them to record his experiences.
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/1019
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Walls of Ishtar Gate, Babylon -- Sacred processional horse
- Simple Name
- slide
- Full Name
- Lantern Slide: Walls of Ishtar Gate, Babylon -- Sacred processional horse
- Dimensions
- whole width 83 mm; whole H 83 mm; whole TH 2.5 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Date
- 1920
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Area Region
- North
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Material
- glass; paper; photographic emulsion
- Inscription / Transcription
- handwritten 'V 601 Walls Ishtar Gate' on top edge; handwritten 'Walls of Ishtar Gate Babylon Sacred processional horse. / A.O. Rowden / S.C.P. 601' on masking strips
