Dado with zoomorphic decoration (type 43)

Dado carved in bas-relief (type 43).

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 figurative scene.
The height of the only panel with known dimension is 28 cm, its width is 38 cm; its thickness is unknown.

One panel has incised marks that are related to the carvers’ practice; it might be a location mark.

The artifact was found re-employed in the Ghazni area; another was first recorded in the Rawza Museum in Ghazni (the surveys occurred in the late 1950s-1970s).