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Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay

Inv. no. C0977

Glazed ceramic tiles

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1959
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Private apartments, courtyard, northern side

Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould
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Late 12th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a green monochrome square tile. Moulded relief decoration representing an animal, probably a quadruped. Specific information regarding the decorative pattern and the frame is missing, and no photographic documentation is preserved.

Current location: unknown

Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: –
Drawings: –

Scerrato 1962, p. 263 (technology); pp. 264-265 (typology); pp. 265-266 (chronology); pp. 267-270 (iconographic influence, comparisons); pp. 268-269 (hypothesis on original use)

Grube 1976, (hypothesis on original use)

Fusaro 2014, pp. 190-193 (technology); pp. 194-195 (typology); pp. 196-197 (hypothesis on original use); pp. 197-198 (chronology)

Fusaro 2015, pp. 8-9 (general presentation); p. 12 (chronology)