Small fragment of a green monochrome tile, with strongly oblique edges, cut downward. Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). The rear surface is even and smooth. A small piece of another earthenware object remained stuck to the rear surface of the tile, probably during the firing process. The tile shows a (post-firing) clean cut, perpendicular to the surfaces and with smoothed fractures; the cut was made intentionally; it was not made through the tile completely, so that the rest was broken manually in a far less precise way. Two hypotheses are suggested: the tile was cut to be reused after its breakage or the tile was cut for a proper fit before setting it on the architectural surface.

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University

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Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
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