Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. C4664
Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Private apartments, room IIIf
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Private apartments, room IIIf
Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould
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Late 12th - early 13th c.
Fragment of a yellow monochrome square tile, with lightly oblique edges, cut downward. The front surface shows large burning traces. The rear surface is even and smooth. Moulded relief decoration representing a quadruped (caprid or felid). The central motif is enclosed in a beaded frame.
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”
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Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000
Drawings: –
Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000
Drawings: –
- Scerrato 1962, p. 263 (technology); pp. 264-265 (typology); pp. 265-266 (chronology); pp. 267-270 (iconographic influence, comparisons); pp. 268-269 (hypothesis on original use)
- Grube 1976, (hypothesis on original use)
- Fusaro 2014, pp. 190-193 (technology); pp. 194-195 (typology); pp. 196-197 (hypothesis on original use); pp. 197-198 (chronology)
- Fusaro 2015, pp. 8-9 (general presentation); p. 12 (chronology)