Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. C2808

Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1958
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Private apartments, courtyard, northern side
C2808

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C2808_neg 635-6

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
70x44x6.5
Late 11th - early 12th c.

The dado belogs to Type 14. The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a kufic epigraphic band, 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 band of trilobated arches meets at an angle of 95°. They are set against a vegetal pattern of interlaced half-palmettes and fleur-de-lis. Undecorated boundary stripe on the right.

Current location: unknown

Inscription: Persian, Kufic, one line
(میزان جمله نعم ا (؟
"the measure of all good (?) [...]" (Reading by V. Allegranzi)
Neg. no.: 635/4-6; 1216/9
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