Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. KM.58.2.5
Screens
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni area
Unknown
Ghazni area
Unknown
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Marble
Bas-relief
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First half 11th c.
Transenna decorated on both faces (type 7). Complete. Rightbound lion with an open mouth and a long tail ending in a double palmette. The details of nails, tail and elbows are incised. Words are incised on the lion's body.
Current location: unknown (a rubber cast was brought to the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale in Rome; Bombaci 1957)
Current location: unknown (a rubber cast was brought to the Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale in Rome; Bombaci 1957)
Neg. no.: D187/3-5
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Digital photos: –
Drawings: –