Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. SP0104

Frames
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni area
Unknown
SP0104

Other images

Sp0104_neg 8985-3

Frame
Marble
Bas-relief
13x50x33
First half 11th c.

Architectural moulding including a rather flat cavetto decorated with 4 quadrupeds walking towards the right. From the left: a ram, a wolf (?), a dog (?), a fourth animal of which only the tail and hind-legs survive. Presumably from the base of a Ghaznavid monument. Corroded; broken on the right.

Current location: Ghazni warehouse
Neg. no.: LA8985/3-5
Digital photos: G. Pastori, 2002
Drawings: -