The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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.
The No 9 station (known as Sweet's column) approaching the Great Rock Bisitun from Sahneh. The Rock can be seen on the extreme left.
Four members of the No 9 station (known as Sweet's column) viewing the plains and stream at The Great Rock of Bisitun from a point just below the rock's inscription. Identified from left to right: 17
The No 9 station (known as Sweet's column) halted in a Persian village near Kala Jukh, on their way to Zingan Waggon Station.
The No 9 station (known as Sweet's column) crossing a low rocky pass into the village of Khainak, on their way to Zingan Waggon Station.
The No 9 station (known as Sweet's column) halted in a mountain pass between Tazli and Kala Jukh, on their way to Zingan Waggon Station.
The No 9 station (known as Sweet's column) halted in a mountain pass between Tazli and Kala Jukh, on their way to Zingan Waggon Station.
