Dado carved in bas-relief (type 2). The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band in cursive script, the middle section of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches, and the lower section of a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. The trilobated arches are plain inside and alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis.
The height of the panels varies from 65 cm to 85 cm, their width from 19.5 cm to 65.5 cm; their thickness is 2-8.5 cm.
Some of the panels have incised marks that are related to the carvers’ practice; they might be location marks.
Most of the artifacts were excavated in the Ghaznavid palace; others were found re-employed in the Ghazni area (both excavation and surveys occurred in the late 1950s-1970s).
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- Inv. no.:
- C0218
- Measures:
- 16x18x4.5 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- C0230
- Measures:
- 13x8x3 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- C0273
- Measures:
- 37x55x8 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- C0293
- Measures:
- 31x15x5 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- C1196
- Measures:
- 27.5x44x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C1197
- Measures:
- 34.5x28.5x7.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C1199
- Measures:
- 68x19.5x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C1200
- Measures:
- 64x37x3.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C1565
- Measures:
- 18x27x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C1571
- Measures:
- 34x27x3.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C1572
- Measures:
- 18x25x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C1579
- Measures:
- 38x17x6.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C1581
- Measures:
- 46x29x7
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- Inv. no.:
- C1787
- Measures:
- 11x17x4.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C1788
- Measures:
- 21x14x4.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2065
- Measures:
- 65x47.5x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2066
- Measures:
- 71x46x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2104
- Measures:
- 7x9
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- Inv. no.:
- C2192
- Measures:
- –
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- Inv. no.:
- C2271
- Measures:
- 20x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C2772
- Measures:
- 10x13x2
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- Inv. no.:
- C2783
- Measures:
- 27x30x3.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2796
- Measures:
- 10.5x14.5x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C2802
- Measures:
- 12.5x19.5x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C2811
- Measures:
- 14x27.5x3
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- Inv. no.:
- C2817
- Measures:
- 11.5x8.5x2.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2818
- Measures:
- 14.5x26
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- Inv. no.:
- C2820
- Measures:
- 26x27x6.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2821
- Measures:
- 16x14x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2839
- Measures:
- 14x14x4.5