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Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay

Inv. no. C5238

Glazed ceramic tiles

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, Adamesteanu 1960
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Prayer room XIII

Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould

Late 12th - early 13th c.

Fragment of an opaque turquoise monochrome tile, with moulded relief decoration. Information regarding shape or the decorative pattern 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)