Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. IG0075
Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1958
Ghazni area
Western cemetery, Ziyara Imam al-Sahib (reused as tomb-slab)
Ghazni area
Western cemetery, Ziyara Imam al-Sahib (reused as tomb-slab)
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Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
74.2x43
Late 11th - early 12th c.
Dado with Persian inscription (type 14). Complete.
Current location: San Francisco, Asian Art Museum
Inscription: Persian, Kufic, one line
Current location: San Francisco, Asian Art Museum
Inscription: Persian, Kufic, one line
شهید یکچندی(؟) جهـ[ـان چو خلد برین بود از بسی]
"martyr some times (?). The wo[rld was like the superior Paradise for abundant]" (Reading by V. Allegranzi)
Neg. no.: 594/7; 4647/1
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2009; Copyright San Francisco Museum 2009
Drawings: –
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2009; Copyright San Francisco Museum 2009
Drawings: –