Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6255

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1963
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Bazaar
IG6255

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IG6255b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
8.3x5.5x4.4x0.8-1.3 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Half of a yellow monochrome hexagonal tile, in the shape of elongated hexagon, with lightly oblique edges, cut downward. Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). The front surface peeled, with the flaking of both slip and glaze. The rear surface is even and smooth, and shows thin glaze drops.

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University
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Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
Drawings: A. Fusaro, 2020