Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. C3130
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
8x5x4.2x0.9 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.
Fragment of a green monochrome hexagonal tile, in the shape of regular hexagon, with lightly oblique edges, cut upward. A piece of the front surface is lost, probably because it remained stuck to another object during the firing process. The rear surface is even and smooth and bears a lump of grey bedding mortar.
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 8059
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 8059
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Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000
Drawings: –
Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000
Drawings: –
- Scerrato 1962, Fig. 58 (photo: Matarazzo); p. 263 (technology); pp. 265-266 (chronology); pp. 268-269 (hypothesis on original use)
- Fusaro 2014, pp. 190-193 (technology); table 234 (typology); pp. 196-197 (hypothesis on original use); pp. 197-198 (chronology)
- Fusaro 2015, pp. 8-9 (general presentation); p. 11 (chronology)