Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6295

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1960
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Ziyarat Ibrahim (reused)
IG6295

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IG6295b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
13.5x12.7x1.5 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a large yellow monochrome square tile, 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 almost completely peeled, with the flaking of both slip and glaze. Small portions of the preserved glaze show a post-depositional dark layer. The rear surface is uneven and bears an impressed groove.

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University
Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
Drawings: A. Fusaro, 2020