Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6308

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1963
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XXVII (layer III)
IG6308

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IG6308b

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

Fragment of a light green monochrome square tile, with cut straight edges. Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). Small portions of the front surface peeled, with the flaking of the glaze. The rear surface is uneven and rough. Traces of (bedding) mortar are preserved in the rear surface and on one of the broken fractures.

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