Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. RM0039

Screens
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni area
Unknown
RM0039

Other images

RM0039_EM2006_a
RM0039_EM2006_b
RM0039_digitaleMONTI_9
RM0039_digitaleMONTI_8
RM0039_digitaleMONTI_7

Screen
Marble
Bas-relief
23x34x4.5
First half 11th c.

Large fragment of the half lower part of a screen carved on both sides. Side A: three standing personnages (rightbound) wearing long cloths with long ribbons, holding with their right hand a stick; a bush with a flower is on the right. The personnages are to be identified with Turkish guards. Side B: portion of the main register with a figurative scene, lower band of rolled up scrolls. The figurative scene shows a personnage with long cloth and long ribbons on the left; a horse is on the right. Damaged.

Current location: Kabul National Museum, Inv. no. 05.2.1249
Neg. no.: 435/7; 577/2,3; 1766/1; 1767/1-3; 3951/8-9
Digital photos: M. Rugiadi, 2004; E. Monti, 2006; R. Giunta, 2013
Drawings: –