Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. M0017

Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni area
Unknown
M0017

Other images

M0017_MAIA2002

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief

11th-12th c.

The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections: the upper section consists of incised half-palmettes; the lower section consists of a sequence of interlaced trilobated arches. The arches, which enclose an incised vegetal motif, alternate with vertical motifs created by split-palmettes and fleur-de-lis. Large hole in the upper section. Upper left and right corners missing. This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling.

Current location: Ghazni warehouse
Neg. no.: 433/12
Digital photos: G. Pastori, 2002
Drawings: –