Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. RM0040

Screens
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni area
Unknown
RM0040

Other images

RM0040-
RM0040_neg1033-7
RM0040_MAIA2002

Screen
Marble
Bas-relief
45.5x60.5x7
First half 11th c.

Screen carved on both sides (type 8). Almost complete. Side A: back portion of a horse with rider (whose leg and hand only are left), followed by an elephant with his rider; this personnage holds a long hook on the right and wears a hat/turban. On the right of the elephant are set two palmette-like features, possibly belonging to a tree who could have had a symmetrical development on the adjoining panel.
Side B: the running animals carved in the lower register are, from the right: a lion, a cheetah, a dog.

Current location: Ghazni warehouse

Inscription: Arabic, cursive, one line
[...], Godly compassion, tranquility, long lif[e...] (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: 3951/7,12; 577/1,5,6; 1765/8,11; 1033/7
Digital photos: G. Pastori, 2003; R. Giunta, 2013
Drawings: –