Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6293
Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII, exterior (layer IV, under the brick floor)
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII, exterior (layer IV, under the brick floor)
Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould
5.2x4.7x0.9 cm
Late 12th - early 13th c.
Fragment of a yellow monochrome tile, with cut straight edges. Fine fabric, similar to the one identified for the vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25/11). The glaze is speckled. The rear surface is uneven and rough. Moulded relief decoration, the motif cannot be identified due to the small dimensions of the item; only a small part of a curved line is preserved. The central motif is unframed.
Current location: Rome, Sapienza University
Current location: Rome, Sapienza University
Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: A, Fusaro, 2011
Drawings: –
Digital photos: A, Fusaro, 2011
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)