Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. C5018
Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1958
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Private apartments, room IIIa
C5018

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

Two matching fragments of a green monochrome hexagonal tile, in the shape of regular hexagon. Moulded relief decoration representing a central equilateral triangle, from which there sprout six shoots with buds, alternately bare or with two leaves at the base. The central motif is framed by a simple fillet.

Current location: unknown
Neg. no.: 1200/3
Digital photos: –
Drawings: –
Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”