Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. SP0043

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni area
Unknown
SP0043

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

Fragmentary large and thick green monochrome octagonal tile, four fragments composing the tile. The surfaces in relief of the decoration are completely worn out, with no more slip or glaze. 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 Kufic bands interspaced with trefoil palmettes. Similar to Sp0045; Sp0051; IG6226; IG6436.

Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 7905
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Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000; A. Fusaro, 2013
Drawings: –