Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. IG0252
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, Scerrato 1966
Ghazni area
Ziyara of Sayyid Ahmad Makki (reused)
Ghazni area
Ziyara of Sayyid Ahmad Makki (reused)
Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
11th-12th c.
The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis; each trilobated arch includes one superimposed fleur-de-lis in a tree-like vegetal composition. Lower right corner slightly broken. This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling.
Current location: unknown
Current location: unknown
Neg. no.: 4726/6
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