Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. C5034
Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1959
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Between rooms IVc and IVg
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Between rooms IVc and IVg
Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould
0.9 cm
Late 12th - early 13th c.
Fragment of a yellow monochrome square tile, with cut straight edges. The glaze is speckled. Some portions of the relief decoration are worn out, with no more slip or glaze. The rear surface is uneven and rough. Moulded relief decoration representing elongated heart-shaped leaves radially arranged, possibly enclosed in a festoon/garland fillet. The central motif is unframed.
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. 264, fig. 44 (photo: Matarazzo); p. 263 (technology); 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)