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)
IG0007

Other images

IG0007_neg 464-4
IG0007b

Panel
Marble
Bas-relief

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
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
Digital photos: –
Drawings: –