Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. C6149
Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1959
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Antechamber XI
C6149

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C6149
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Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
76x49.3
Late 11th - early 12th c.

Dado with interlaced trefoils and Persian inscription (type 14). Complete. Upper left and lower right edges missing.

Current location: Kuwait, al-Sabah Collection

Inscription: Persian, Kufic, one line
نبردست کس جز از [شاه محمودرا این نبود]
"Nobody [travail]ed [so much for religion. This was] the lot of none but [the shah Mahmud]" (Reading by A. Bombaci)
Neg. no.: 3894/3; FB1542
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Gerda Henkel Stiftung | Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”