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.:
- C2852
- Measures:
- 12x22x3
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- Inv. no.:
- C2859
- Measures:
- 24x27x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2866
- Measures:
- 27x25x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C2870
- Measures:
- 22x18x3.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2873
- Measures:
- 17x13x4.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2878
- Measures:
- 9x13x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C2879
- Measures:
- 45x32x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C2882
- Measures:
- 28x50x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2886
- Measures:
- 16x24x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2894
- Measures:
- 18x9.5x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2918
- Measures:
- 35x33x6.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2920
- Measures:
- 45x20x4.6
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- Inv. no.:
- C2922
- Measures:
- 44x59x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2923
- Measures:
- 63x47x8
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- Inv. no.:
- C2924
- Measures:
- 63x47x8
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- Inv. no.:
- C2932
- Measures:
- 12x14x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2934
- Measures:
- 20x18x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C2946
- Measures:
- 19x15x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2953
- Measures:
- 39x31x4.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2961
- Measures:
- 18x27x6.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C2966
- Measures:
- 17x7x7
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- Inv. no.:
- C2974
- Measures:
- 42x26x7 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- C3278
- Measures:
- 16.5x18x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C3291
- Measures:
- 21x15x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C3294
- Measures:
- 10.5x7x2
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- Inv. no.:
- C3295
- Measures:
- 8x14x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C3301
- Measures:
- 37x27x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C3302
- Measures:
- 44x51x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C3303
- Measures:
- 18x11x3
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- Inv. no.:
- C3304
- Measures:
- 21.5x18.5x4