Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6303

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1962
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XXXI (layer IV?)
IG6303

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IG6303b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
3.4x0.7 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a red monochrome tile, with lightly oblique edges, cut downward. Fine fabric, similar to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25 but coarser, with more quartz temper). The glaze shows some yellow spots. The rear surface is quite uneven and cracked.

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