diff --git a/docs/03-endpoints/api-v2/editing-values.md b/docs/03-endpoints/api-v2/editing-values.md
index 852efffb27..30550ba83a 100644
--- a/docs/03-endpoints/api-v2/editing-values.md
+++ b/docs/03-endpoints/api-v2/editing-values.md
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ and the `knora-api:externalUrl` property is used to provide the URL of the image
   "@type": "anything:ThingPicture",
   "knora-api:hasStillImageFileValue": {
     "@type": "knora-api:StillImageExternalFileValue",
-    "knora-api:externalUrl": "https://example.com/iiif/3UIsXH9bP0j-BV0D4sN51Xz.jp2/full/max/0/default.jpg"
+    "knora-api:stillImageFileValueHasExternalUrl": "https://example.com/iiif/3UIsXH9bP0j-BV0D4sN51Xz.jp2/full/max/0/default.jpg"
   },
   "knora-api:attachedToProject": {
     "@id": "http://rdfh.ch/projects/0001"
@@ -381,7 +381,10 @@ and the `knora-api:externalUrl` property is used to provide the URL of the image
 }
 ```
 
-In the case of a `knora-api:StillImageExternalFileValue` DSP-API does not retrieve any metadata from external IIIF server.
+*Note:* For backwards compatibility, the `knora-api:fileValueHasExternalUrl` property may be used instead of
+`knora-api:stillImageFileValueHasExternalUrl`.
+The `knora-api:fileValueHasExternalUrl` property is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
+The `knora-api:stillImageFileValueHasExternalUrl` property is correct and must be used for reading and writing.
 
 
 #### PDF Documents
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/OntologyConstants.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/OntologyConstants.scala
index 5e7fb5b0b8..37fa73df89 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/OntologyConstants.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/OntologyConstants.scala
@@ -789,8 +789,9 @@ object OntologyConstants {
     val LinkValueHasSource: IRI    = KnoraApiV2PrefixExpansion + "linkValueHasSource"
     val LinkValueHasSourceIri: IRI = KnoraApiV2PrefixExpansion + "linkValueHasSourceIri"
 
-    val FileValueAsUrl: IRI          = KnoraApiV2PrefixExpansion + "fileValueAsUrl"
-    val FileValueHasFilename: IRI    = KnoraApiV2PrefixExpansion + "fileValueHasFilename"
+    val FileValueAsUrl: IRI       = KnoraApiV2PrefixExpansion + "fileValueAsUrl"
+    val FileValueHasFilename: IRI = KnoraApiV2PrefixExpansion + "fileValueHasFilename"
+    // deprecated, use StillImageFileValueHasExternalUrl instead
     val FileValueHasExternalUrl: IRI = KnoraApiV2PrefixExpansion + "fileValueHasExternalUrl"
 
     val StillImageFileValueHasDimX: IRI        = KnoraApiV2PrefixExpansion + "stillImageFileValueHasDimX"
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/util/rdf/JsonLDUtil.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/util/rdf/JsonLDUtil.scala
index 677d5c5bed..5f4c9ff85b 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/util/rdf/JsonLDUtil.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/util/rdf/JsonLDUtil.scala
@@ -549,6 +549,24 @@ case class JsonLDObject(value: Map[String, JsonLDValue]) extends JsonLDValue {
     case None        => Left(s"No $key provided")
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Gets a required String value by checking the provided property keys in order.
+   * @param keys The names of the properties to check in the JSON-LD object.
+   * @return the [[String]] value for the first key where it exists,
+   *         fails if the given key exists but is not a [[JsonLDString]],
+   *         fails if none of the keys exist.
+   */
+  def getRequiredString(keys: String*): Either[String, String] =
+    keys.collectFirst {
+      case key if getString(key).exists(_.nonEmpty) =>
+        getString(key) match
+          case Right(Some(str)) => str
+          case _                => "" // unreachable
+    } match {
+      case Some(str) => Right(str)
+      case None      => Left(s"Property not found for '${keys.mkString(" or ")}'")
+    }
+
   /**
    * Gets an optional string value of a property of this JSON-LD object, throwing
    * [[BadRequestException]] if the property's value is not a string. Parses the value with the specified validation
diff --git a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/valuemessages/ValueMessagesV2.scala b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/valuemessages/ValueMessagesV2.scala
index 5cb61e54ec..d6a76939fd 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/valuemessages/ValueMessagesV2.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/main/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/v2/responder/valuemessages/ValueMessagesV2.scala
@@ -2805,13 +2805,16 @@ case class StillImageExternalFileValueContentV2(
  * Constructs [[StillImageFileValueContentV2]] objects based on JSON-LD input.
  */
 object StillImageExternalFileValueContentV2 {
+
   def fromJsonLdObject(
     jsonLDObject: JsonLDObject,
   ): ZIO[StringFormatter, Throwable, StillImageExternalFileValueContentV2] =
     for {
-      comment          <- JsonLDUtil.getComment(jsonLDObject)
-      externalUrlEither = jsonLDObject.getRequiredString(FileValueHasExternalUrl).flatMap(IiifImageRequestUrl.from)
-      externalUrl      <- ZIO.fromEither(externalUrlEither).mapError(BadRequestException.apply)
+      comment <- JsonLDUtil.getComment(jsonLDObject)
+      externalUrlEither = jsonLDObject
+                            .getRequiredString(StillImageFileValueHasExternalUrl, FileValueHasExternalUrl)
+                            .flatMap(IiifImageRequestUrl.from)
+      externalUrl <- ZIO.fromEither(externalUrlEither).mapError(BadRequestException.apply)
     } yield StillImageExternalFileValueContentV2(
       ontologySchema = ApiV2Complex,
       fileValue = FileValueV2(
diff --git a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/util/rdf/JsonLDObjectSpec.scala b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/util/rdf/JsonLDObjectSpec.scala
index c42c252f7d..e1f1d90ee5 100644
--- a/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/util/rdf/JsonLDObjectSpec.scala
+++ b/webapi/src/test/scala/org/knora/webapi/messages/util/rdf/JsonLDObjectSpec.scala
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ object JsonLDObjectSpec extends ZIOSpecDefault {
     test("getRequiredString should fail with correct message") {
       assertTrue(emptyJsonLdObject.getRequiredString(someKey) == Left("No someKey provided"))
     },
+    test("getRequiredString(key*) should fail with correct message") {
+      assertTrue(
+        emptyJsonLdObject.getRequiredString(Array(someKey)*) == Left(s"Property not found for '$someKey'"),
+        emptyJsonLdObject.getRequiredString("unknown", someKey) == Left(s"Property not found for 'unknown or $someKey'"),
+      )
+    },
   )
 
   def stringValueWhenGivenValidString: Spec[Any, Serializable] = {
@@ -178,6 +184,12 @@ object JsonLDObjectSpec extends ZIOSpecDefault {
       test("getRequiredString should return correct value") {
         assertTrue(jsonLdObject.getRequiredString(someKey) == Right(someString))
       },
+      test("getRequiredString(key*) should return correct value") {
+        assertTrue(
+          jsonLdObject.getRequiredString("unknown", someKey) == Right(someString),
+          jsonLdObject.getRequiredString(someKey, "unknown") == Right(someString),
+        )
+      },
     )
   }