Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01632

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Area 64-100
Trench of stupa 64 (6)
TS01632

Other images

LA 10392_8_ridim
LA 10393_1_ridim
LA 10393_2_ridim
LA 10393_3_ridim
1632 et alia_numerata
Inventario 8 020

Young male figure
Grey clay
Very high relief; decorative elements worked separetely then fixed to the figure; completed by engraving
H: 14,5 cm
Early period 2

Torso (fragment) of a young male figure probably wearing uttariya exposing right shoulder and paridhana. Keyura decorated with a round plaque on the right arm. Fired accidentally.
Probable related fragments: TS 1633 (lower part) and TS 1634 (right arm).
The fragment could relate to a young ascetic figure from a Dipamkara-Jataka scene.

Ghazni, MAIA storehouse (2002)
Neg. no.: 10392/ 8; 10393/ 1-3
Digital photos: MAIA 2002
Drawings: -