Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6348

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1964
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Central courtyard, north-eastern side
IG6348

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IG6348b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
4.8x1 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a red 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). The glaze is speckled, with many white small dots, in the front surface, and it shows a light white alteration layer in some spots of the rear surface. The rear surface is quite even.

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University
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Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
Drawings: –