Magic Lantern Slide: Entrance to Temple of Marduk, Babylon
This photograph by Alfred Oliver Rowden shows the historic site of Babylon, featuring the temple dedicated to the god Marduk. 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.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 45/1960/95/1003
- Collection Class
- Social and industrial history
- Material
- glasspaperphotographic emulsion
- Common Name
- Magic Lantern Slide: Entrance to Temple of Marduk, Babylon
- Simple Name
- slide
- Inscription Transcription
- handwritten 'M 585 Temple of Marduk' on top edge; handwritten 'Entrance to Temple of Marduk. Babylon. / A.O. Rowden / S.C.P. 585' on masking strips
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918); Inter War (1918-1939)
- Production Country
- United Kingdom
- Production Date
- 1920
- Production Person Initials
- A.O.
- Production Person Surname
- Rowden
