Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6423
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
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Late 12th - early 13th c.
Complete monochrome square tile. The tile is warped and probably overfired. Moulded relief decoration representing a zoomachia, with a felid (possibly a lion or a dog) attacking a caprid or a hare. The felid seems winged, with two long thin wings on its back. The central motif is unframed. Similar to: IG6207; IG6241.
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 5880
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 5880
Neg. no.: –
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)