Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. C3112
Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1959
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XII
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XII
Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
9x9 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.
Four (originally seven) matching fragments of a green monochrome square tile. The glaze is good and glossy. The rear surface is even and smooth. A small piece of another earthenware object remained stuck to the rear surface of the tile, probably during the firing process.
Current location: Kabul National Museum
Current location: Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004
Drawings: –
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004
Drawings: –
- Scerrato 1962, p. 263 (technology); pp. 265-266 (chronology); pp. 268-269 (hypothesis on original use)
- Fusaro 2014, pp. 190-193 (technology); p. 193 (typology); pp. 196-197 (hypothesis on original use); pp. 197-198 (chronology)
- Fusaro 2015, pp. 8-9 (general presentation); p. 11 (chronology)
- Fusaro 2020, p. 172, fig. 7