Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. M0041

Basins
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Ghazni area
Unknown
M0041

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Basin
Marble
Bas-relief

[4]86/1[0]93

Two large fragments of a square basin with a polylobated reservoir. In the lateral frame an epigraphic band is alternated with running animals. The contour panels between this frame and the polylobated reservoir are decorated respectively by two peacocks twisting their necks and by a pair of long-tailed quadrupeds joined by a single lion (prob.) head. Slightly damaged.

Current location: Ghazni warehouse

Inscription: Arabic, Kufic, one line
الشيخ أبو المظفر سهل بن مفضل منع به / في شعبان سنة ﺇثنين وثما[نین ...] [...]
[...] al-shaykh Abū al-Muẓaffar Sahl b. Mufaḍḍal. May [God] protect him! / On sha'ban of the year [4]82 (Oct.-Nov. 1089) (Reading by V. Laviola)
Neg. no.: 436/3,7,10-12
Digital photos: M. Ferrandi, 2002
Drawings: C. Passaro, 2020