Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. C1579

Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1960
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room X
C1579

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C1579_MR2004

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
38x17x6.5
Late 11th - early 12th c.

Fragment of the upper section of a dado panel (Type 2 - upper section: epigraphic band in cursive script; middle section: sequence of interlaced trilobated arches: lower section: sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes). Location mark incised on the upper stripe.

Current location: Kabul National Museum, Inv. no. 05.2.1470

Inscription: Arabic, cursive, one line
[الـ]ـسلامة والسـ[ـعادة]
"[...] spiritual integrity and ha[ppiness]" (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: 1222/9; 1229/9
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004
Drawings: –