Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. SP0002

Frames
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
(Purchased at Ghazni)
Ramak (prob.)
SP0002

Other images

Sp0002_SA2009cc
Sp0002_SA2009z
Sp0002_neg 1211-3_SA2009a

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
Neg. no.: 1211/1-3,4; 442/7, 10-12
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2009
Drawings: –