Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. SP0045

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni area
Unknown
SP0045

Other images

Sp0045b

Moulded relief decorated tile
Fired clay
Mould
8x6.2x2 cm
Late 12th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a large and thick red monochrome octagonal 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 bands interspaced with trefoil palmettes. Similar to Sp0043; Sp0051; IG6226; IG6436.

Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 8011
Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: G. Di Flumeri, 2000
Drawings: –