Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6436

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni area
Unknown
IG6436

Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould

Late 12th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a thick and large monochrome octagonal tile. Moulded relief decoration representing a central lozenge from which there sprout alternately upright long buds and overturned trefoil palmettes, joined together by a fillet to form a wreath. The octagonal frame consists of pseudo-epigraphic bands interspaced with trefoil palmettes. Similar to Sp0043; Sp0045; Sp0051; IG6226.

Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 5938
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Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000
Drawings: –