Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. C2818

Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1958
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room IVf
C2818

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C2818_MR2004

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
14.5x26
Late 11th - early 12th c.

Small 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).

Current location: Kabul National Museum, Inv. no. 05.2.1477

Inscription: Arabic, cursive, one line
[...] الـ]ـطاعة...]
"[...sub]mission to God [...]" (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: 632/4; 3892/6
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004
Drawings: –