Buddhist Ghazni: Body ornament
Inv. no. TS02108
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1972
Tapa Sardar
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Headwear / Turban
Clay
Relief; decorative plaques obtained from mould
L: 9,2 cm
Early period 2

Vertical-winged turban (fragment), with zones decorated with row of brooch-like plaques (three of them are preserved) including barrel shaped bead with surface incised, round plaque with bead at centre and rosette with six bilobed petals; borders in relief. Fired accidentally.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 13404/ 8-9
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Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”