Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. IG0266
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, Scerrato 1957
Ghazni area
Urzu, Ziyara of Karbusa (reused as floor slab)
Ghazni area
Urzu, Ziyara of Karbusa (reused as floor slab)
Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
11th-12th c.
Small fragment of the main section of a dado. The decoration is composed of one section with a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches alternating with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis. The arches enclose an incised vegetal motif. Much damaged. This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling.
Current location: unknown
Current location: unknown
Neg. no.: 503/7
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