Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6216
Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni area
Unknown
Ghazni area
Unknown
Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould
–
Late 12th - early 13th c.
Fragment of a green monochrome rectangular tile. Most part of the surfaces in relief of the decoration are completely worn out, with no more slip or glaze. A calcareous deposit partially covers the front surface. Moulded relief decoration representing an epigraphic band in Kufic, framed by vegetal shoots above and below.
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 5957/6724
Inscription: Arabic, Kufic, one line
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 5957/6724
Inscription: Arabic, Kufic, one line
[...اقبال سـ[ـالم
"F[ull] prosperity [...]" (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000; A. Fusaro, 2013
Drawings: –
Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000; A. Fusaro, 2013
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)
- Fusaro 2020, p. 172, fig. 11b