Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. IG0007
Panels with niche design
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni area
Bahlul II (reused on a tomb)
Ghazni area
Bahlul II (reused on a tomb)
Panel
Marble
Bas-relief
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11th-12th c.
Complete left portion of a rectangular panel with pointed horseshoe arch. A horseshoe polylobated and pointed arch sustained by two plain columns are framed on three sides by a cursive epigraphic band and on the lower side by a sequence of two interlaced and rolled up half-palmettes. Inside the arch are two sections: one with vegetal motifs, the lower with a geometrical pattern; the spandrels show vegetal motifs.
Current location: unknown
Inscription: Arabic, cursive, one line
Current location: unknown
Inscription: Arabic, cursive, one line
الـ]ـسيد ابو بكرعبد الجباب؟ / عز للنبي الهاشمي المصطفي...]
"[...al-]sayyid Abū Bakr ‘Abd al-? / Honour to the Prophet al-Hāshimī al-Muṣṭafà" (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: 464/1,4
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