Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6297

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Prayer room XIII (layer IB)
IG6297

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IG6297b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
3.6x3x0.8 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a red monochrome star-shaped tile, only one point of the star is preserved. Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). Both coatings are very thin, especially the wash. The front surface partially peeled, with the flaking of both slip and glaze. The rear surface is completely broken and lost.

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