Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. PF0001

Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni area
Ziyara of Pir-i Falizvan (reused)
PF0001

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PF0001_neg 7290-1

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
35.3x73
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 two superimposed fleur-de-lis in a tree-like vegetal composition. A narrow plain stripe frames the upper edge decorated field; below the decorated field is a larger plain stripe. Corroded. Reassembled from two fragments. This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling.

Current location: unknown
Neg. no.: 7290/1; 4690/2,3,8,9
Digital photos: –
Drawings: –