Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. C1581

Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1960
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Entrance area
C1581

Other images

C1581_MR2004

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
46x29x7
Late 11th - early 12th c.

Fragment of the upper and middle sections 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 central field. Epigraphic band slightly abraded.

Current location: Kabul National Museum, Inv. no. 05.2.1471

Inscription: Arabic, cursive, one line
[...] والرحمة [...]
"[...] and Godly compassion [...]" (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: 3882/9,12; 3895/4
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004
Drawings: –