Buddhist Ghazni: Wall statue
Inv. no. TS01391
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan
Tapa Sardar, Area 64-100
Near stupa 64, surface
TS01391

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040083
040082
LA 9617_3_ridim
LA 9617_4_ridim
LA 9618_1_ridim
LA 9618_2_ridim
LA 9618_3_ridim
LA 9618_4_ridim
TS 1391

Human figure
Clay; inferable: wood, reed, vegetal fiber (inner armature)
Very high relief; fingers worked separately, then fixed to the clay core
L: 11,8 cm
Early period 2

Right hand partially clenched. Traces left by a disappeared inner armature visible in the section exposed by the fracture at the wrist. Fired accidentally.

Kabul National Museum
Neg. no.: 9617/ 3-4; 9618/ 1-2- 3-4
Digital photos: MAIA 2004
Drawings: -
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”