Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6259

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1963
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Bazaar, room I
IG6259

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IG6259b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
4x3x1.15 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a red monochrome star-shaped tile, possibly having four to five points, with cut straight edges. Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). In the front surface a polygonal fillet in low relief is visible, but it is not sure that it is intentional or it is part of a moulded decoration. The glaze shows a white alteration layer. The rear surface is broken and lost.

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University


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Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
Drawings: –