Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6289

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII, foundations of the pillar
IG6289

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IG6289b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
3.2x1.8 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Small fragment of an opaque turquoise monochrome polygonal tile, possibly in the shape of an hexagon (?), with strongly 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 is broken and almost completely lost. The rear surface is even and smooth.

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