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.:
- C3305
- Measures:
- 29.5x14.5x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C3306
- Measures:
- 17.5x16.5x3
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- Inv. no.:
- C3560
- Measures:
- 20.5x18.5x2.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C3561
- Measures:
- 21x45x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C3562
- Measures:
- 48x35x6.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C3565
- Measures:
- 21x19x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C5723
- Measures:
- 21x21x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C5724
- Measures:
- 12.5x15x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5749
- Measures:
- 35x56x7
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- Inv. no.:
- C5750
- Measures:
- 35.5x21x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5758
- Measures:
- 72.5x23.5x8.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5765
- Measures:
- 33x54.5x7.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5766
- Measures:
- 45x26x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5771
- Measures:
- 31x18x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5772
- Measures:
- 38x21.5x6.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5773
- Measures:
- 30x30x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C5775
- Measures:
- 45x31.5x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5776
- Measures:
- 21x17x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C5807
- Measures:
- 66x55x3.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5810
- Measures:
- 39x25x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C5811
- Measures:
- 66x53.5x7
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- Inv. no.:
- C5827
- Measures:
- 43x24.5x7
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- Inv. no.:
- C5828
- Measures:
- 30.5x48.3x5.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5829
- Measures:
- 26x40.2x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C5830
- Measures:
- 28x45x5.2
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- Inv. no.:
- C5907
- Measures:
- 10x22.7x3.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C5920
- Measures:
- 6.5x12.5x8
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- Inv. no.:
- C6085
- Measures:
- 50.5x45.5x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C6086
- Measures:
- 79.5x51x4.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C6089
- Measures:
- 78x55x8