Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6331
Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XXI (layer Ib)
IG6331

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IG6331b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
2.5x1 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Very small fragment of a mustard monochrome tile (?). Fine fabric, identical to the one identified for the glazed vessels of the Ghazni pottery corpus (Fabric no. 25). The glaze is dark and very smooth, and it shows many crackles. The rear surface is not preserved.

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