Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6326

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1962
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Private apartments, courtyard
IG6326

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IG6326b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
4.4x1-1.1 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Two matching fragments of a russet monochrome square tile, with lightly oblique edges, cut downward. Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). The front surface partially peeled, with the flaking of both slip and glaze. The rear surface is uneven and rough and is almost completely broken.

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University

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Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
Drawings: –