Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6229
Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni area
Unknown
Ghazni area
Unknown
Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould
13x12.7x0.8-1 cm
Late 12th - early 13th c.
Almost complete fragmentary large mustard monochrome square tile, with cut straight edges; only one corner is lost. The tile is slightly warped. Grey-greenish fabric, badly fired, full of small white inclusions and vegetal temper, but quite compact. The glaze is speckled and slightly altered, turning brown on one side of the front surface. The rear surface is uneven and rough. Small pieces of other badly fired grey earthenware objects remained stuck to the tile, probably during the firing process: two to the lower part of the front surface (one probably belongs to a green glazed object), very small ones to the lower part of the rear surface, one to the lower edge. Moulded relief decoration representing a running antelope in profile, facing the left side, its forefeet in the air; a little bird is visible just below the animal. The central motif is framed by an octagonal fillet whose sides extended so as to meet those of the nearby tiles, and form a geometrically intertwining pattern. The clay was unevenly pressed into the mould, as it is evident by the lack of relief decoration in the right lower corner of the front surface.
Current location: Rome, Sapienza University
Current location: Rome, Sapienza University
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Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2012
Drawings: A. Fusaro, 2020
Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2012
Drawings: A. Fusaro, 2020