Title

Cuneiform inscriptions on stones, ruined aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977.

Caption

Cuneiform inscriptions on stones, ruined aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh, this is thought to be the oldest aqueduct in the world.

Date

1996

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Vivienne Sharp

Reference

HRM19D67_404

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,9Mb) / 17,2in x 11,3in / 5159 x 3387 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings architecture stone country color colour ruins archaeology block inscription location century archaeological site civil engineering aqueduct archeology seventies water supply Iraq Iraqi 1970s 20th century cuneiform VIVIENNE SHARP 7th century BC 8th century BC ancient site Assyria Assyrian TGN photograph Vivienne Sharp Jerwan King Sharp Vivienne VS VSP King Sennacherib Sennacherib King Sennacherib photograph