Islamic Ghazni: Fired clay
Inv. no. IG6397

Glazed ceramic tiles
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
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IG6397

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IG6397b

Plain tile
Fired clay
Mould
5.7x3.8x0.8 cm
Late 11th - early 13th c.

Fragment of a light green monochrome square tile, with 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 slip does not cover the edges. The glaze is speckled. Small portions of the front surface peeled, with the flaking of the glaze. The rear surface is even and quite smooth.

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