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Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay

Inv. no. IG6356

Glazed ceramic tiles

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1963
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Central courtyard, north-eastern side, corner pillar (layer I)

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Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
5.6x0.8-1 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a green monochrome square tile, with very lightly oblique edges, cut upward. 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. The rear surface is even and smooth.

Current location: Rome, Sapienza University

Neg. no.: –
Digital photos: A. Fusaro, 2011
Drawings: –

Scerrato 1962, p. 263 (technology); pp. 265-266 (chronology); pp. 268-269 (hypothesis on original use)

Fusaro 2014, pp. 190-193 (technology); p. 193 (typology); pp. 196-197 (hypothesis on original use); pp. 197-198 (chronology)

Fusaro 2015, pp. 8-9 (general presentation); p. 11 (chronology)