| Accession Number | J02069 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | 27 October 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Collection of First World War negatives purchased from Eric Keast Burke (Keast Burke)
Description
The members of the No 9 station (known as Sweet's column), in a horse-drawn waggon, passing near the Great Rock of Bisitun from three miles on the Sahneh side. The Rock rises some three or four thousand feet sheer from the plain. The Rock was chosen by King Darius as a befitting spot to carve his trilingual inscription, deciphered by Rawlinson which yielded to him the secret of Cuneiforrm writing.