Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. IG0262

IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, Scerrato 1957
Ghazni area
Rawza, Ziyarat Khwaja Bolghar (reused)
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Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief

11th-12th c.

Very large fragment of a dado panel. The decoration is composed of three horizontal sections: the upper section consists of a sequence of rolled up half-palmettes, the middle section of a sequence of pointed horseshoe arches supported by small columns, and the lower section of a incised rolled up half-palmettes. The pointed horseshoe arches have an inner polylobated frame and enclose a vegetal motif composed by split palmettes and fleur-de-lis; other vegetal motifs are set in the contour panels. This type might have been used as an architectural dado or as a tomb paneling.

Current location: unknown
Neg. no.: 493/1,2
Digital photos: –
Drawings: drawing in Pope and Ackermann (1938-1939), fig. 499a