Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. IG0069

Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni area
Arg, Masjid Abu'l-Fath (reused)
IG0069

Other images

IG0069_neg 461-3
IG0069 RM0041aa

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief

First half 11th c.

Fragment of a dado facing (type 43). The existing decoration is composed of two horizontal sections separated by a narrow beaded band: the upper section consists of an epigraphic band, the lower section of a figurative scene. The sections are delimitated by narrow plain stripe. Much corroded. Matches with RM0041.

Current location: unknown

Inscription: Arabic, cursive, one line
[شا محمـ[ـود [...]
"[...] shā(h) Mahm[ūd]" (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: 461/3
Digital photos: –
Drawings: C. Passaro, 2020