Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. RM0041

Dado panels
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1958
Ghazni, Western area
Unknown
RM0041

Other images

RM41_EM2006
IG0069 RM0041aa
RM41_digitaleMR2004part
RM0041mark

Dado panel
Marble
Bas-relief
34x44.5
First half 11th c.

Fragment of a dado facing. 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 showing animals (a bird, a dog, his head turned left and running towards the right), and a bush (?). The sections are delimitated by narrow plain stripe. Location mark incised in the epigraphic band. Much corroded; first letters on the right of the epigraphic band chiselled away. Matches with IG0069.

Current location: Kabul National Museum, Inv. no. 05.2.1178

Inscription: Arabic, cursive, one line
[...] أمير المؤمين [...]
"[...] prince of believers [...]" (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: 1033/11; 3951/11; 660/4-6
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004; E. Monti, 2006; R. Giunta, 2013
Drawings: –