Buddhist Ghazni: Body ornament
Inv. no. TS02140
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1972
Tapa Sardar, Area 64-100
Stupa 64 (6)
TS02140

Earring (?)
Clay; gilding; inferable: wood (tenon)
Relief; obtained from mould
H: 3,9 cm
Early period 2

Earring (fragment) composed of a lion, presumably sitting on hind legs, and lower round bead. Gilding on the bead. Socket for a disappeared wooden tenon at the left foreleg. Blackened and fired accidentally.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse
Neg. no.: 13403/ 8
Digital photos: -
Drawings: -
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