Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6318

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Private apartments, room IIId
IG6318

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IG6318b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
3.3x1 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Small fragment of an opaque turquoise monochrome square 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 glaze shows a white alteration layer and it is covered by a post-depositional brown layer. The rear surface is uneven and rough. A small piece of another earthenware object remained stuck to the rear surface of the tile, probably during the firing process.

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