Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. IG0238

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, Scerrato 1958
Ghazni area
Ziyara of ʿAbd al-Salam (reused on the floor)
IG0238

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IG0238_neg 666-5

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief

12th - first half 13th c.

Small fragment of the upper portion of a dado panel. 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. This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling.

Current location: unknown
Neg. no.: 666/5; 7290/3
Digital photos: –
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