Detail of a large stone lintel carved with a lion-griffin and lotus-filled vase in Room 10 in the ruins of the Great Iwan at Hatra, Iraq

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Artist/Maker	Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian (photographer)
Place of origin	Iraq (photographed) Hatra (photographed)

A mounted black and white topographical photograph of the right-hand detail of the large lintel in the ruins of the Great Iwan of Hatra. The carved stone depicts a lion-griffin flanking a lotus issuing from a vase at the entrance to Room 10.

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Categories	Photographs Topography Archaeology
Object type	Photograph
Title	Detail of a large stone lintel carved with a lion-griffin and lotus-filled vase in Room 10 in the ruins of the Great Iwan at Hatra, Iraq
Materials and techniques	Photography
Brief description	Photograph by Gertrude Bell of a detail of a large stone lintel carved with a lion-griffin and lotus-filled vase in Room 10 in the ruins of the Great Iwan at Hatra, Iraq, ca. 1911.
Physical description	A mounted black and white topographical photograph of the right-hand detail of the large lintel in the ruins of the Great Iwan of Hatra. The carved stone depicts a lion-griffin flanking a lotus issuing from a vase at the entrance to Room 10.
Object history	The 1912 entry in the Museum Ledger records the following description: 'Hatra (Northern Mesopotamia): Lintel of Room 10 [Date c. I-II centy. A.D.]'. This photograph is part of a set of forty-two prints (1626 to 1667-1912) presented by Gertrude Lowthian Bell, the photographer.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	1648-1912

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Record created	August 15, 2013
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1270083/detail-of-a-large-stone-photograph-bell-gertrude-margaret/

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