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.:
- C6094
- Measures:
- 85x63.5x7.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C6096
- Measures:
- 34.5x36x7
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- Inv. no.:
- C6097
- Measures:
- 42x26.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C6098
- Measures:
- 36x36.5x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C6099
- Measures:
- 16.8x22.5x4
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- Inv. no.:
- C6101
- Measures:
- 42x27.5x4.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C6102
- Measures:
- 58x60x6.5 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- C6103
- Measures:
- 68.5x65.5x7
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- Inv. no.:
- C6104
- Measures:
- 66x57.5x8
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- Inv. no.:
- C6107
- Measures:
- 71x49.5x8
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- Inv. no.:
- C6108
- Measures:
- 66x39x5
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- Inv. no.:
- C6109
- Measures:
- 72x59.5x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C6110
- Measures:
- 29x64x6
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- Inv. no.:
- C6111
- Measures:
- 66.5x30.7x7
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- Inv. no.:
- C6119
- Measures:
- 24.5x17.8x3
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- Inv. no.:
- C6122
- Measures:
- 45x23x6.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C6123
- Measures:
- 41x33x7.5
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- Inv. no.:
- C6127
- Measures:
- 46x35.5x4.5
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0013
- Measures:
- –
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0014
- Measures:
- –
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0015
- Measures:
- –
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0016
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0017
- Measures:
- –
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0061
- Measures:
- –
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0099
- Measures:
- 7.5x8.1x1.7
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0100
- Measures:
- 7.6x8.6x2.1 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0102
- Measures:
- 13.5x9.5x3.9 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0108
- Measures:
- 17.5x7.7x2.3 cm
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0159
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- Inv. no.:
- IG0160