Tombs: Gyeongju, South Korea [011]

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Title Tombs: Gyeongju, South Korea [011]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 60, Korean Course A, 27
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Silla (Kingdom)--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Architecture--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Tombs--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Mounds--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Sculpture--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Stele (Archaeology)--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Pedestal--Korea--Gyeongju--Photographs; Turtles--Art; Korea
Keywords Kyŏngju-si; Gyeongju; Gyeongju-si
Spatial Coverage Korea (South); Kyŏngju-si (Korea)
Description Photograph of stele base, probably near the tomb of King Taejong Muyol (654-661), Silla kingdom tombs, Gyeongju, South Korea
Caption on Slide AT 26 Tortoise stele base, Kyongju, Korea. Photo: Lennox Tierney
Additional Information Image was scanned from (faded) color slide. Note: "The capital of the Silla kingdom was Gyeongju. A great number of Silla tombs can still be found in the centre of Gyeongju. Silla tombs took the form of a stone chamber which was surrounded by a soil mound. The historic area around Gyeongju was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000."--Wikipedia.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
ARK ark:/87278/s6vx10bf
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 338817
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vx10bf
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