Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6256

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1963
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Bazaar
IG6256

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IG6256b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
4.7x3x0.8 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a green monochrome tile, the edges are not preserved. Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). The glaze shows a white alteration layer. The front surface partially peeled, with the flaking of both slip and glaze. The rear surface is quite even.

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University
Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
Drawings: –