Fragment of a red monochrome star-shaped tile, with lightly oblique edges, cut downward. Only one point of the star-shaped tile is preserved; it possibly had six points (?). Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). A small part of the front surface peeled, with the flaking of both slip and glaze. The rear surface is uneven and rough. The tile shows a (post-firing) clean cut, perpendicular to the surfaces, at the base of the star point; the cut was made intentionally, but it was not made through the tile completely, so that the rest was broken manually in a far less precise way. Two hypotheses are suggested: the tile was cut to be reused after its breakage or the tile was cut for a proper fit before setting it on the architectural surface (possibly for filling an empty space in the panelling?).

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University

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Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
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