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<title>Buddhist and Islamic Archaeological Data from Ghazni, Afghanistan.A multidisciplinary digital archive for the managing and preservation of an endangered cultural heritage</title>
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<description type="html"><![CDATA[Buddhist and Islamic Archaeological Data from Ghazni, Afghanistan.A multidisciplinary digital archive for the managing and preservation of an endangered cultural heritage]]></description>
<language>en</language>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:31:17 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Browse data</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../browse-data"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4050e6b0-c135-de73-a4d3-75446be706d8</id>
<updated>2013-07-21T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Browse data]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title>Copyright &amp;amp; License</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../copyright"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:844efbbe-d886-64c1-2abd-be935deb4a5d</id>
<updated>2014-10-10T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[&amp;nbsp;
All texts and images of this website, if not stated&amp;nbsp;differently, are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title>Maps and plans</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../islamic_maps_plans"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:74da465d-5450-2281-c1d5-3999cbde257d</id>
<updated>2014-10-10T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Da fare...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Contact us</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../contacs"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:42795baf-cb62-6a55-5d74-e6eebe8834a0</id>
<updated>2014-10-10T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[&amp;nbsp;
buddhist-ghazni@bradypus.net
islamic-ghazni@bradypus.net...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 1)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-1"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:532aca86-143b-32af-b974-e92cb892e8fa</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 1). This type is represented by one specimen.The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was first recorded in the Ghazni new storerooms in 2002.
This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 2)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-2"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ff990fd2-7422-adc5-3187-fc9c24f9c1f9</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 2). The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in cursive script, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, and the lower section of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The trilobated arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panels varies from 65 cm to 85 cm, their ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 3)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-3"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cd6ca2ae-a8b3-11a0-bbb7-afb37ad7aa51</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 3). This type is represented by one specimen.The existing decoration is composed of four horizontal sections: the upper section and lowermost sections are not preserved; the second consists of a beaded band, the third section of a trilobated arch ending in a vegetal motif. The arch is plain inside. A lateral plain stripe constitutes the panel&amp;rsquo;s left frame. The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was first recorded in the Ghazni new storeroo...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 5a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-5a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d995bde3-afba-9ab3-1e64-e666c20d2a7b</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 5a). The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches alternating with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis. The arches enclose an incised vegetal motif.
The height of the only panel with known dimensions is 43 cm, its width 51 cm; its thickness is 4.5 cm.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area between 1957 and 1966.
This type might have been used as an arch...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 5b)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-5b"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:11f3b6fc-6c43-28ac-6131-97b79a25a8a8</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 5b). The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches alternating with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis. The arches enclose an incised vegetal motif.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area between 1957 and 1962.
This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling. It differs from dadoes types 05a, 05c...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 5c)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-5c"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ff6acdf1-1c8e-c681-47e4-2a63e73ceff0</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 5c). The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches alternating with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis. The arches enclose an incised vegetal motif.
The height of the only panel with known dimensions is 33 cm, its width 50 cm; its thickness is unknown.
Most of the artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area (the surveys occurred in the late 1950s-1970s). One artifact wa...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 5d)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-5d"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fa4a22eb-8e53-cc5a-3a03-9489840d6d7c</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 5d). This type is represented by one specimen.The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches alternating with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis. The arches enclose an incised vegetal motif.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was first recorded in the Ghazni new storerooms in 2002.
This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 6)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-6"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:05f5e030-4ea0-74f8-9930-e1875c9eee51</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 6). This type is represented by one specimen. The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a cursive epigraphic band, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The trilobated arches, enclosing an incised rosette (?), alternate with vegetal motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 7)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-7"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3eaf7d65-6a7a-447c-a577-68bf38c107d4</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 7). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of incised half-palmettes; the lower section consists of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches enclose an incised vegetal motif.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957.
This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb panelin...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 7a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-7a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:533e7a21-96c4-0aea-9265-97a3495e3d24</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 7a). The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of incised half-palmettes; the lower section consists of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches, which enclose an incised vegetal motif, alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the only panel with known dimensions is 35 cm (incomplete), its width 40 cm; its thickness is unknown.
Most of the arti...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 8a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-8a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:fdaa9857-3c69-0c27-6b22-8c75f47c8edd</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 8a). This type is represented by one fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches, which enclose an incised vegetal motif, alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panel is 43 cm, its width 33 cm (both measures are not complete); its thickness is unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghaz...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 8b)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-8b"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e64ae0c1-6af2-f648-2ce9-28df5bb702ff</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 8b). This type is represented by one fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches, which enclose an incised vegetal motif, alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was first recorded in the Rawza Museum in Ghazni in 1957.
Type 8b differs from dado type 8a for the vegetal motif...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 10)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-10"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:13865b99-4b3b-307a-a57e-da5af19d38e4</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 10). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panel is 36-36.4 cm, its width from 74.8 to 16.5 cm; its thickness is 6.1-6.4 cm.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957.
Type 10 might have been used as an architectural dado ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 11a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-11a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:55cb19b9-1557-b7d7-39a5-cc50b6c5752d</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 11a). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1966.
Type 11a might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling. It differs from dadoes types 10, 11b, 11c, 11d,...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 11b)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-11b"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:38575203-c8ec-49c5-1bf6-9d222800015f</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 11b). The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panel is 30 cm, its width 84.2 cm; its thickness is unknown.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area (the surveys occurred in the late 1950s-1970s).
Type 11b might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb panelin...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 11c)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-11c"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a33809ff-504c-4b8a-6215-dae17b43f969</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 11c). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panel is 35 cm, its width 73 cm; its thickness is unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957.
Type 11c might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 11d)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-11d"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:664b5cdb-597b-2cba-a176-9ecd5280ff52</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 11d). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area (the surveys occurred in the late 1950s-1970s).
Type 11d might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling. It diffe...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 12)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-12"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:01dae6fb-5bf4-3e48-13f3-054e333a1eec</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 12). The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957; one artifact was first recorded in the Rawza Museum in Ghazni in 2002.
Type 12 type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling. It differs fr...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 13)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-13"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e098ae50-6507-4e65-4734-60a4a1d500e0</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 13). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was first recorded in the Rawza Museum in Ghazni in 2002.
Type 13 might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling. It differs from dadoes types 10, 11a, 11b...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with Persian inscription (type 14)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-persian-inscription-14"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8c199253-98bc-8316-a553-425aa6cd89ce</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 14). The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a kufic epigraphic band, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, and the lower section of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The inscriptions are part of a continuous text in Persian verses (a simplified reading is reported in the database, for a thorough analysis see Allegranzi 2019 - link in each record). The b...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with basmala (type 14a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-basmala-14a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:73b92780-fca9-fc2d-4b06-735740fcded3</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 14a). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in foliated Kufic, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, and the lower section of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The band of trilobated arches meets at an angle of 140&amp;deg;. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with Persian inscription (type 14b)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-persian-inscription-14b"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a3d6ae79-4fe4-f686-3799-9bbd7ca9d48b</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 14b). The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in foliated Kufic, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, and the lower section of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The band of trilobated arches meets at an angle of 95&amp;deg;. They are set against a vegetal pattern composed of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the pan...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 15)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-15"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:77ff5d6e-fdf2-5c4f-52ec-b0223a0fdf60</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 15). This type is represented by a single specimen. The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a cursive epigraphic band, the lower section of sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area (the surveys occurred in the late 1950s-1970s).]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with benedictory inscription (type 16)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-benedictory-inscription-16"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d588bbb1-b505-7a2f-139e-5394b6b416d9</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 16). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in cursive script, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, the lower section is plain. The trilobated arches are set against a vegetal patterns composed of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panel is 50 cm, its width is 52.2 cm; its thickness is unkno...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with benedictory inscription (type 17a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-benedictory-inscription-17a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7842594d-1f82-be7e-fd2d-9d253ff729ac</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 17a). The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in cursive script, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, the lower section of a sequence of rolled up half-palmettes (usually one). The trilobated arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the only complete panel with known dimensions is 57.5 cm; its width ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with benedictory inscription (type 17b)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-benedictory-inscription-17b"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:017d6e0c-0ae0-3e29-1a8c-878dcce2ef6c</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 17b). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in cursive script, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, and the lower section of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The trilobated arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panel is 44.5, its width is...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with benedictory inscription (type 18)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-benedictory-inscription-18"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2b7a824e-7591-ba3a-cea9-cf5525514b07</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 18). This type is represented by a single fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in cursive script, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panel is 55 cm (incomplete), its width is 48 cm; its thickness is 5 cm.
The a...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 19a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-19a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f514168d-8682-47a2-1858-3d35384bf481</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 19a). This type is represented by a single fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a narrow beaded band, the lower section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was first recorded in Ghazni in 2002.
Type 19a might have been...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 19b)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-19b"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e967d6d6-3161-68de-74b2-471949a3a641</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 19b). This type is represented by a single fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a narrow beaded band, the lower section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panel is 19 cm, its width 38 cm; its thickness is 5.5 cm.
The artifact was purchased at Ghazn...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 20)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-20"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4e9967f5-bfb5-e7e6-f02d-b6b85ab1f482</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 20). This type is represented by one specimen. The existing decoration is composed of four horizontal sections: the upper section is not visible in the existing photo; the second section consists of a narrow band with a sequence of small geometrical motifs, the third section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, and the lower section of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The trilobated arches are set against a vegetal pattern of...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with zoomorphic decoration (type 21)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-zoomorphic-decoration-21"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:af99263f-e283-90cb-4bcc-9642e86a3ba9</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 21). The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a band with leftbound running animals on a background of vegetal elements, the lower section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The band of trilobated arches meets at an angle of ab. 90&amp;deg;. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the larger panel with known dimensions (fragmentary) is 44 cm, ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with zoomorphic decoration (type 22)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-zoomorphic-decoration-22"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7d42fe41-21df-56cd-4f6a-9586796c69b5</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 22). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of four horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a narrow beaded band, the second section of leftbound running animals, the third section of a sequence of continuous trilobated arches, and the lower section of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The trilobated arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
T...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with zoomorphic decoration (type 23)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-zoomorphic-decoration-23"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5fef6e8a-1dfc-2a8d-2582-70413471f3a5</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 23). The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a band with leftbound running animals and vegetal elements, the lower section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The trilobated arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panels (incomplete) varies from 31 cm to 37 cm, their width from 25.5 cm to 27 cm; their thickness is 5 cm....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 24)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-24"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4cfe204d-6393-2bc3-3b0d-b9701ca07c4c</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 24). This type is represented by one specimen. The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, the lower section of incised half-palmettes. The trilobated arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957.
Type 24 might hav...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 25)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-25"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:67aa8fec-82c6-691e-777a-5c8f3d6ff88c</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 25). This type is represented by one fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, set against a very irregularly composed vegetal pattern.
The height of the panel is 31.7 cm, its width 43.5 cm (both incomplete); its thickness is unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957.
Type 25 might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with trilobated arches (type 26)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-trilobated-arches-26"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4dc6749c-4ae1-792e-469c-3a1601332b21</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 26). This type is represented by one fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of a sequence of trilobated arches enclosing and alternating with vegetal motifs.
The height of the panel is 17 cm, its width 14 cm (both incomplete); its thickness is 4 cm.
The artifact was excavated in the Ghaznavid palace (the excavation occurred in the late 1950s-1960s).
Type 26 might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb pan...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 27)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-27"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:83d31109-132d-31bf-47b4-6f0cc5a37567</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 27). This type is represented by one fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper sections with a sequence of alternating fleur-de-lis, the lower section with a sequence of trilobated arches and vegetal motifs or patterns.
The height is 20.5 cm, its width 27 cm; its maximum thickness is 6.3 cm.
The artifact was first recorded at the Museo Nazionale d&amp;rsquo;Arte Orientale &amp;ldquo;G. Tucci&amp;rdquo; i...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with double sequence of interlaced arches (type 28a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-double-sequence-of-interlaced-arches-28a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ed3f158e-ccea-986c-5526-6e9211c6cd31</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 28a). The decoration is composed of a double sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions of the complete panel are unknown, but the height of the larger fragment is 48.5 cm (incomplete), its width 43 cm; its thickness is unknown.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area (the surveys occurred in the late 1950s-19...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with double sequence of interlaced arches (type 28b)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-double-sequence-of-interlaced-arches-28b"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:51e9f659-a5cd-a253-105a-9ba3920bf22d</id>
<updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 28b). The decoration is composed of a double sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions of the complete panel included in this sub-type are unknown, but the height of the larger fragment with known dimensions is 53 cm, its thickness 30.5 cm.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area (the surveys occurred in the ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with hexagons pattern (type 1)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-1"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d9441206-0ebc-034f-e073-04221b0089e8</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a kufic epigraphic band and a main section with a hexagons modular pattern which generates cross-shaped elements and lozenges. Different vegetal motifs fill the geometrical elements.
The artifact was found re-employed in a ziyara of the Ghazni area in 1957....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with double sequence of interlaced arches (type 29)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-double-sequence-of-interlaced-arches-29"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3e469e58-a329-93a8-50c4-45b2eb3cb8b7</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 29). The decoration is composed of a double sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis; they also alternate in the lower and the upper course.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area between 1957 and 1958....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with octagons pattern (type 2)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-2"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4f81b12c-05b6-7666-fc23-d8a3866a142f</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a lateral band with a sequence of alternating fleur-de-lis and palmettes, and a main section with an octagons modular pattern which generates cross-shaped elements. Opposing pairs of knotted fleur-de-lis are set inside the octagons, opposing pairs of knotted fleur-de-lis and palmettes in the cross-shaped elements.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area (late 1950s-1970s)....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Architectural elements / Miniatures</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../arch_el"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8eb05b58-40d3-9181-3ae7-e38fc6f6be24</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[At Tapa Sardar many small-scale architectural elements &amp;ndash; either in the form of profiled reliefs or in the round &amp;ndash; have been found. All of them, however, were fragmentary and separated from their original setting. They include miniature pillars for wall decoration, small free-standing columns mainly composed of āmalaka elements, and miniature stūpas. Some samples are currently under study and hypotheses are being tested about their contextual use.&amp;nbsp;]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with double sequence of interlaced arches (type 30)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-double-sequence-of-interlaced-arches-30"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e9a8206a-b496-b46c-b323-20c392a85fc9</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 30). The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in cursive script, the lower section of a double sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis; they also alternate in the lower and the upper course.
The height of the larger panel is 64.5 cm (incomplete); its width varies from 33.5 cm (incompl...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with octagons pattern (type 3)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-3"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e484557e-2b79-3f00-0942-b10c7fe9f6ba</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular and L-shaped panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a lateral kufic epigraphic frame and a main section with an octagons modular pattern. A fleur-de-lis is inserted in every corner of the epigraphic band, interrupting the sequence of the words.
The octagons modular pattern shows: octagons with double border, filled by incised vegetal motifs; the contour panels show opposing pairs of trilobated (sometimes bilobated) and interlaced palmettes co...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Attributes</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../attributes"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ffcecf1c-2027-4f2f-10d5-98786484ac14</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This category includes objects in the round such as vajras and bowls that, although found isolated, are fully recognizable as attributes originally held by lost or partially preserved figures.

&amp;nbsp;
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[[browseData]]@finds~?archaeological_context|=|Buddhist||and|object|like|%Attribute%[[/browseData]]...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with double sequence of interlaced arches (type 31)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-double-sequence-of-interlaced-arches-31"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:033e69ee-9560-507d-9704-7ba3dd035865</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 31). The decoration is composed of one section with a double sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches, which enclose an incised vegetal motif, alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis; they are positioned one on top of the other.
The dimensions are unknown.
One panel has incised marks that are related to the carvers&amp;rsquo; practice; it might be a location mark.
The artifacts were found re-emp...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with octagons pattern (type 3a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-3a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5b41fb1a-f82f-6c97-2b01-f40f24326b2f</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular and L-shaped panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a lateral kufic epigraphic frame and a main section with an octagons modular pattern. A fleur-de-lis is inserted in every corner of the epigraphic band, interrupting the sequence of the words.
The octagons modular pattern shows: octagons with double border, filled by incised vegetal motifs; the contour panels show opposing pairs of trilobated and interlaced palmettes containing a fleur-de-li...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Body ornaments</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../body_ornaments"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4a635e04-63e0-edb2-d5c7-e079849cadc9</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This category includes objects or elements/fragments that, although found isolated, are fully recognizable as parts of the regalia (such as necklaces, bracelets, hair-dress ornaments, and crowns) originally adorning lost or partially preserved figures.

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[[browseData]]@finds~?archaeological_context|=|Buddhist||and|object|like|%Body ornament%[[/browseData]]...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with double sequence of interlaced arches (type 32)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-double-sequence-of-interlaced-arches-32"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6a177bff-2647-fcd0-c54d-460160ab4a22</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 32). The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of incised half-palmettes, the lower section of a double sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis; they alternate in the lower and the upper course.
The dimensions of the complete panel are unknown; the height of the fragmentary one is 38 cm, the width 38 cm, the thickness 3 cm...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with octagons pattern (type 4)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-4"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8901d8cf-5db7-d3d2-fb7f-1ac5d816ae77</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular and L-shaped panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a narrow kufic epigraphic band and a main section with an octagons modular pattern. A fleur-de-lis is inserted in every corner of the epigraphic band, interrupting the sequence of the words. The octagons modular pattern generates cross-shaped elements. A motif of four pairs of convergent fleur-de-lis fills the octagons, which are framed by a beaded band. A motif of trilobated and interlaced fleur-de...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Coins</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../buddhist-coins"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:bedf1270-d029-6b13-582f-9ba41174f984</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Small metal objects, and especially coins, from the excavations of Tapa Sardar disappeared from the storerooms in Ghazni during the years of the civil war.
However, the MAIA had preserved at the Centro Scavi of IsMEO/IsIAO in Rome the casts of the coins, which are presently being studied by Michael Alram, Director of the Coin Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with double sequence of interlaced arches (type 33)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-double-sequence-of-interlaced-arches-33"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cf621b4c-f2cc-d131-78fe-c623ea3ed4a8</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 33). The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in cursive script, the middle section of a double sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, the lower section of an incised vegetal pattern. The arches are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis; they alternate in the lower and the upper course.
The dimensions are unknown.
Most of the artifacts were ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with octagons pattern (type 5)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-5"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a60fc2d4-47ac-af79-9e3b-c7adfe5b2aac</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular and L-shaped panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a kufic epigraphic band, of a main section with an octagons modular pattern and of a lower band of rolled up scrolls. The epigraphic band frames the main section; a double fleur-de-lis is inserted in every corner of the band, interrupting the sequence of the words. The octagons modular pattern, alternating horizontal sequences of smaller and larger octagons, generates four-pointed stars; different v...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Decorative elments / Miscellanea</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../decorative_el"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:40c9e4a5-2ccf-dbed-a5c0-6c174672a13e</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This category includes portions of decorative devices of uncertain interpretation, or sub-categories of architectural elements of little numerical relevance.

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[[browseData]]@finds~?archaeological_context|=|Buddhist||and|object|like|%miscellanea%[[/browseData]]...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Marble panels</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../m_panels"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:477d0116-44a0-e7ee-474c-6d73f0292080</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[High facings, composed by rectangular and sometimes L-shaped panels carved in bas-relief. The decoration shows a geometric or vegetal pattern in the main field, most often framed by an inscribed band. The inscriptions include honorific titles; historical texts, religious and benedictory inscriptions are also attested.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 34a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-34a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8ce8f66b-b415-fcf9-2aa2-d7d02aa995cc</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 34a). The existing decoration is composed of a (single or double) sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifacts were first recorded in the Rawza Museum in Ghazni in the late 1950s-1960s.
Type 34a differs from dado type 34b for the vegetal motifs....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with octagons pattern (type 6)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-6"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:036e2445-e001-255b-a42b-8190e930d3c5</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of three frames and of an inner section. The exterior frame consists of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up scrolls (fleur-de-lis set in the corners), the middle frame of an octagons modular pattern, the inner frame of a narrow epigraphic band in cursive script (fleur-de-lis set in the corners), and the inner section consists of a kufic epigraphic band. The octagons modular pattern is composed of a sequence ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Decorative plaque</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../decorative_plaque"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a86ac1f2-6294-3f47-59cc-09b72e000a91</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This category includes isolated moulded elements that may have belonged to the decoration of thrones, walls, cornices or ornaments of human and/or animal figures.

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[[browseData]]@finds~?archaeological_context|=|Buddhist||and|object|like|%plaque%[[/browseData]]...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado panels</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-panels"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d43358bb-e172-4470-44b1-c3c91e109056</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels carved in bas-relief composing a dado. The decoration is typically composed of three horizontal sections, with an inscription in the upper band and with a sequence of interlaced trefoil arches or of Persian horseshoe arches in the mid section. The inscription include a Persian poem, or Arabic benedictory sentences.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with interlaced arches (type 34b)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-interlaced-arches-34b"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ab9d6a0d-ad9c-4925-67f6-fce3bd9bdb31</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 34b). This type is represented by one specimen.
The existing decoration is composed of a (single or double) sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was first recorded in the Rawza Museum in Ghazni in 1957.Type 34b might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling. I...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Screen (type 1)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../screen-1"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b3bf6182-8385-fd9a-19a4-20855982c14a</id>
<updated>2014-04-03T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[High screen carved in bas-relief on both sides; originally composed of more panels (type 1). This type is represented by one specimen. On both sides the decoration is composed of a main central section framed by a band on its top and lateral sides; another band frames its lower side.
Side A. The upper frame consists of four-lobed medallions enclosing sphinxes, harpies or double-headed eagles; they are interlaced with fleur-de-lis in the contour panels. The lower frame consists of righ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with octagons pattern (type 7)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-7"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e3b7c1c4-4a28-8bfd-c09f-989e44552b41</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Panels (prob. rectangular) composing a high facing.
As concerns the existing decoration, it shows an octagons modular pattern, generating cross-shaped elements. Palmettes, scrolls and fleur-de-lis are carved inside the octagons, while converging fleur-de-lis inside the cross-shaped elements.
The artifacts were found re-employed in a ziyara of the Ghazni area in 1957 and 1958....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Figurines</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../figurines"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:bd0e8d28-3576-6629-251b-e77b4ff5b05f</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Moulded flat figurines depicting Buddha images, either standing or seated, have been found in great number at Tapa Sardar. Their shape, size and find spot is in most cases compatible with a decorative function with relation to the small star-shaped stūpas in the Upper Terrace; as a matter of fact, continuous rows of such figurines were preserved in situ, i.e. attached to the walls of the podium of some of those stūpas.

&amp;nbsp;
Records...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panels with niche design</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panels-niche-design"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e7c40a11-a391-4273-ea56-ee1ef0dc77d1</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels carved in bas-relief with pointed horseshoe arch, typically framed on three sides by an epigraphic band. The inscriptions include Koranic verses, religious or benedictory phrases, honorific titles and help identifying the original context of the objects.
All but one artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957; one was purchased in Ghazni in the late 1950s-1960s....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with pointed horseshoe arches (type 35)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-pointed-horseshoe-arches-35"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cd56db75-f9b5-d711-41a2-9502aabf20b6</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 35). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consist of a narrow beaded band, the lower section of a sequence of pointed horseshoe arches supported by columns. The arches enclose a vegetal motifs created by half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was purchased in Ghazni area in 1958.
Type 35 might have been used as an architectura...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Screen (type 7)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../screen-7"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4fefe675-6b93-6b63-fefc-1a2fc2713785</id>
<updated>2014-04-03T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Screen&amp;nbsp;(with rounded top) carved in bas-relief on both sides (type 7). This type is represented by one specimen. On both sides the decoration is composed of one section.
Side A. The decoration shows a gradient lion.
Side B. The decoration shows a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis. The artifact was first recorded in the Kabul National Museum in 1958; it came from Ghazni....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with squares pattern (type 8)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-8"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:33ba728c-149c-7e4f-8663-bf63fd57b1b1</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Panels (prob. rectangular) composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a modular pattern of squares, each filled with different vegetal or geometric motifs.
The only known artifact included in this type was excavated in the Ghaznavid palace in the late 1950s-1960s....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Cornices</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../cornices"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ba9c9e71-fc2f-77a3-4201-b406b8f39a8d</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[A large number of fragments of cornices have been found at Tapa Sardar, all separated from their original setting. However, besides attesting the wide variety of motifs (vegetal, animal, geometric, composite), they also bear witness to the multi-functional and combined use of the moulds.

&amp;nbsp;
Records
[[browseData]]@finds~?archaeological_context|=|Buddhist||and|object|like|%Cornice%[[/browseData]]...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Frames</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../frames"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9c436d28-f814-1294-cc95-8fe29b5e0a62</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Frames, composed by rectangular and L-shaped panels, carved in bas-relief with an inscribed band, sometimes with a second register with vegetal motifs. Other examples, all with&amp;nbsp;animal motifs,&amp;nbsp;are probably mouldings. The inscriptions often include honorific titles; one building text and one religious invocation are also attested.
Most artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with pointed horseshoe arches (type 36)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-pointed-horseshoe-arches-36"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d1090fa9-f4a3-6d15-70c4-46300300e3f8</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 36). The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consist of a narrow beaded band alternating with vegetal elements, the middle section of a continuous sequence of pointed horseshoe arches. The arches enclose and are alternating with vegetal motifs created by half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957.
Type 36 might have been u...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Screen (type 7a)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../screen-7a"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:dacaa402-70f6-2099-7d05-bcc7a10c7cfb</id>
<updated>2014-04-03T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Screen&amp;nbsp;(with rounded top) carved in bas-relief on both sides (type 7a). This type is represented by one specimen. Its interpretation as a transenna is based on the rounded top, which parallels screen type 7; however, the back is left plain.
The decoration is composed of one section with scrolls ending in a dragon and deer, probably part of a waq waq motif or as tails of a seated lion.
The artifact was purchased at Ghazni in 1958....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with whirls pattern (type 9)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-9"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a53b2d4b-15ee-b297-87a1-16043125ee6f</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a frame (epigraphic in the upper and lateral sides, vegetal in the lower one) and of a main rectangular section (H. 120 cm, W. 58 cm) with a whirls modular pattern. The epigraphic frame is in kufic script; a fleur-de-lis is inserted in the upper corners, interrupting the sequence of the words. The vegetal frame shows a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up scrolls. The whirls modular pattern of the main secti...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Manuscripts</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../manuscripts"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:539c2e69-de6b-28b1-f9e9-5d0e9e322b08</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Many small fragments of manuscripts have been found at Tapa Sardar. Some of them &amp;ndash; presently kept at the Kabul National Museum and not included in the inventory &amp;ndash; were found incorporated into clumps of clay, from which they cannot be detached without specific procedures. At the time of the excavation the MAIA was not allowed to take the fragments to a specialized laboratory in Italy; thus they are still waiting for a dedicated programme of conservation and study. The find spots su...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Screens</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../screens"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2f342357-535d-a583-06f9-6293764b4111</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Screens carved in bas relief on both sides, sometimes with a geometrical openwork decoration. Most are in the shape of a low rectangle; one is a tall rectangle. The decoration often shows figurative scenes; openwork screens are usually framed by inscribed band with benedictory or building texts.
Most artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area in between 1957 and 1966, some were excavated in the Ghaznavid palace; other were first recorded in the Kabul museum and in the Rawza m...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with pointed horseshoe arches (type 37)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-pointed-horseshoe-arches-37"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:06060d87-8f1a-43c6-94af-f2bfb325792b</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 37). The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections, separated by a narrow beaded band: the upper section consists of a cursive epigraphic band, the lower section of a sequence of pointed horseshoe arches supported by vegetal column-like features. The arches have an inner polylobated frame and are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the known fragmentary panels complexively reaches a height o...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Screen (type 8)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../screen-8"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e27896a4-956e-4cae-0035-4033204f071d</id>
<updated>2014-04-03T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Screen&amp;nbsp;carved in bas-relief on both sides (type 8).
Side A. The decoration is composed of one section with a figurative scene. The scenes include rider hunting a lion, riders and elephants.
Side B. The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a cursive epigraphic band, the mid section of a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis, and the lower section of a band with leftbound running lions, dogs, hares, birds...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with whirls pattern (type 10)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-10"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:37fadc31-0e43-b52e-ebf0-a504f2800e2b</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Panels (prob. rectangular) composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of an exterior epigraphic frame, and of a main rectangular (prob.) section with whirls modular pattern. The epigraphic frame is in Kufic script; a vase-shaped element might be inserted in the line, interrupting the sequence of the words. The whirls modular pattern consists of thin whirls departing each from a small circle, and having four thin and elongated wings (each decorated by three small feather-like ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Moulds</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../moulds"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f4f7ad17-aa45-96c2-8986-3f3975aee3ef</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Positive evidence of a large use of moulding techniques is represented at Tapa Sardar by the huge quantity and variety of stamped elements, both architectural and figural: flowers, leaves, jewel-like plaques, scrolls, animal protomes, rock-like elements &amp;ndash; assembled in different combinations for the realization of cornices, architectural frames, landscapes &amp;ndash; but also parts of figures, figurines, modular elements such as lock of hair and flames and so on. However, only a few specime...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Arches</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../arches"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:306bc1dd-2812-2888-b205-e9668733ef56</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Arches, composed by more panels, carved in bas-relief. The shape of the arch is of the Persian pointed type, in some cases horseshoe; the arch might spring from decorative columns. The inscriptions often include honorific titles and names; building texts, Qur&amp;lsquo;anic verses and religious phrases are also attested.
Most artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area in the period 1958-1966; other were excavated in the Ghaznavid palace or beside the minaret of Bahramshah in 1978...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with pointed horseshoe arches (type 38)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-pointed-horseshoe-arches-38"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f5979105-511c-2362-bebc-61bfbc780fb2</id>
<updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 38). This type is represented by one specimen. The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a sequence of rolled up half-palmettes, the middle section of a sequence of pointed horseshoe arches supported by small columns, and the lower section of a incised rolled up half-palmettes.
The pointed horseshoe arches have an inner polylobated frame and enclose a vegetal motif composed by split palmettes and fleur-de-lis...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Screen (type 9)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../screen-9"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:8fb3b569-5e5c-92d8-72e9-a31789696c12</id>
<updated>2014-04-03T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Screen&amp;nbsp;carved in bas-relief on both sides (type 9).
Side A. The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a cursive epigraphic band, the mid section of figurative scenes, the lower section of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The figurative scenes include dancers, a standing personage, a horse.
Side B. The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a cursive epigraphic ...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with whirls pattern (type 11)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-11"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:87f37061-0f1c-0030-dff2-c3d8ae830db8</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of an exterior cursive epigraphic frame, and of a main section with a whirls modular pattern framed. The pattern consists of whirls departing each from a small circle, and having four wings (each decorated by three small feather-like elements), whose ends are interlaced and converge two by two, in the form of a palmette, towards opposing fleur-de-lis in the contour panels.
The only known artifact included i...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Pottery</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../pottery"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:de327a91-39d4-4ef9-304b-2341c0fc1984</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The inventoried pottery from Tapa Sardar includes inscribed sherds (among them one with the inscription &amp;ldquo;Kanika mahārāja vihāra&amp;rdquo;, the temple of the Great King Kaniṣka) and many samples of stamped pottery (i.e. pottery with one or more impressions made on the vessels&amp;rsquo; external surface), which seems to have been rather common in Afghanistan, south of the Hindukush, in the second half of the first millennium CE. These impressions, usually round in shape, display a...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Bases of columns</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../bases-of-columns"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:23bef6da-8921-314a-6fda-09ac8415da82</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Bases of columns, composed by one or more elements; some are carved in bas-relief. The upper side contains a round hole for inserting the column (most probably in wood).
Most artifacts were excavated in the mosque of the Ghaznavid palace, some were found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957; other were purchased in Ghazni in 1958; one was first recorded in the Ghazni store-rooms in 2002....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with antropomorphic decoration (type 39)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-antropomorphic-decoration-39"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a9f81692-3043-a2ba-586d-d77932e2a46f</id>
<updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 39). The existing decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a cursive epigraphic band, the second section of a beaded band, the lower section of a sequence of continuous pointed horseshoe arches.
The pointed horseshoe arches enclose a standing personage holding a club. Vegetal elements ending up in a double-headed eagle fill the contour panels.
The height of the only panel with known dimensions is 51 cm (...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Screen (type 3)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../screen-3"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4b569ffe-3911-8b9f-fc27-7611fbe4e8ac</id>
<updated>2014-04-03T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Screen&amp;nbsp;carved in bas-relief and with openwork decoration (type 3). This type is represented by one specimen.
The screen is framed on the four sides by a Kufic epigraphic band, enclosing the openwork panel. This shows a geometrical pattern with alternating hexagons and six-pointed stars.
Marble brackets (possibly two) sculpted from the same marble block are in the upper side.The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with vegetal pattern (type 12)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-12"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:75367df7-f99d-391d-2d13-83becfd068c3</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels composing a high facing. The decoration is composed of a field with large palmettes.

The artifacts excavated in the Ghaznavid palace in the late 1950s-1960s....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with pointed horseshoe arches (type 40)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-pointed-horseshoe-arches-40"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5161c4fb-0732-d1d8-1ed0-a84100e4581c</id>
<updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 40). This type is represented by one fragmentary specimen. The existing decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a narrow beaded band, the second section of a sequence of continuous pointed arches (most probably horseshoe). The pointed arches have an inner polylobated frame.
The dimensions are unknown.
The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Screen (type 4)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../screen-4"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:296e42bc-54f1-de06-c894-02668e76b7c7</id>
<updated>2014-04-03T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Screen&amp;nbsp;carved in bas-relief and with openwork decoration (type 4).
The screen is framed by a cursive epigraphic band enclosing an openwork panel with a geometrical pattern of intersecting hexagons (horizontal sequences), decorated by incised lines. The epigraphic band continues on one of the short faces of the parallelepiped and is continuous on all sides except for the lower side; a fleur-de-lis interrupts the sequence of the words in one or both the upper corners.
The h...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Water system elements</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../water-system-elements"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1e2af6c1-f477-25b5-bd20-13f2bf5dd8a1</id>
<updated>2014-04-25T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Elements employed in the water systems, including basins, tanks, well curbs and drains. Some are carved in bas-relief, drains are sculpted in the shape of animal-heads.
Artifacts were found in the Ghazni area or in the Rawza and Kabul museums in the years 1957-1966, or were purchased in Ghazni in the same years, or were excavated in the Ghaznavid palace and in the house of luster wares; other were first recorded in the Kabul and in Ghazni store-rooms in 2002 and 2004....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Basins</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../basins"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ff97d6d5-be46-d021-86d8-3a9c4d86ab30</id>
<updated>2014-04-25T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Basins, most often sculpted in a square shape; the inner reservoir is often polylobed and inscribed in a hexagon or octagon. Some are carved in bas relief. Some have a drainage hole.
Artifacts were found in the Ghazni area or in the Rawza and Kabul museums in the years 1957-1966, or were purchased in Ghazni in the same years, or were excavated in the Ghaznavid palace and in the house of luster wares; other were first recorded in the Ghazni store-rooms in 2002.&amp;nbsp;...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Panel with vegetal pattern (type 13)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../panel-type-13"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:97fd44ec-dd60-48bd-df15-c9feac3a0aa2</id>
<updated>2014-04-27T00:00:00+02:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Rectangular panels composing a high facing.
The decoration is composed of a frame (epigraphic in the upper and lateral sides, vegetal in the lower one), and of main rectangular section with a vegetal pattern. The epigraphic frame is in kufic script with; palmettes are set in the corners, interrupting the sequence of the words. The vegetal frame shows a sequence of fleur-de-lis.
The artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area late 1950s-1960s....]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Seals</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../seals"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9ed6a22d-55c8-3c5c-1155-0de6a85464ea</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This category is represented at Tapa Sardar by a single specimen.

&amp;nbsp;
Records
[[browseData]]@finds~?archaeological_context|=|Buddhist||and|object|like|%Seal%[[/browseData]]...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Statues</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../statues"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5e89adcb-03a2-806f-62db-e589c12396e8</id>
<updated>2014-03-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This category includes either sculptures in the round or fragments (arms, feet) of uncertain interpretation, which may have belonged to Wall statues (see the relevant category).
In the Early Period, small sculptures were modelled (or moulded) with highly purified clay mixed with very finely triturated straw. Large-sized sculptures were modelled around an armature made of a sheaf of stray or reeds held by a strand of ropes; the figures were then shaped with a thick layer of coarse clay...]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dado with zoomorphic decoration (type 41)</title>
<link href="https://ghazni.bdus.cloud/../dado-zoomorphic-decoration-41"></link>
<id>urn:uuid:722a5373-ad4b-8764-205c-9883b9531e4b</id>
<updated>2014-03-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Dado carved in bas-relief (type 41). This type is represented by one specimen.
The decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a figurative scene, the lower section of a sequence of fleur-de-lis with points down. In the scene two affronted elephants hold together a vegetal element with their trunks.
The height of the panel is 33 cm, its width is 60 cm; its thickness is 8.5 cm.
The artifact was purchased in Ghazni area in the late 19...]]></summary>
</entry>
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