Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. SP0002
Frames
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
(Purchased at Ghazni)
Ramak (prob.)
(Purchased at Ghazni)
Ramak (prob.)
Frame
Marble
Bas-relief
54x20
First half 11th c.
Fragment. The lower register shows a "zoomachia" with, from the right: a lion assaulting an elephant, an un-identified animal (an elephant?). Two rectangular hollows with round holes for brackets are respectively on the right and the left of the upper band. The details of the animals are rendered with incisions.
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 8428
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 8428
Neg. no.: 1211/1-3,4; 442/7, 10-12
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2009
Drawings: –
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2009
Drawings: –