Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6301

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1962
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XXXI (surface layer)
IG6301

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IG6301b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
5 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a green monochrome tile, with strongly oblique edges, cut downward. One of the edges could be possibly interpreted also as a post-firing cut made intentionally, perpendicular to the surfaces and with smoothed fractures. Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). The front surface is almost completely broken and lost, the preserved portion peeled, with the flaking of the glaze. The rear surface is uneven and rough.

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