Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
      
      
        Inv. no. C5956
      
    Friezes
      IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII
    Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII
Frieze
Stucco
Carving
34×15.5
Late 11th - early 12th c.
Fragment of frieze with specular vegetal motif evoking a pseudo-epigraphy. Preserving portion of one damaged side (1966); then only one curling leave (2007). Similar to C1142, C2413, C2559, C2562, C2563, C2564, C2565, C2606, C2607, C2608, C2609, C2633, C2634, C2635, C2669, C3344, C3576, C5467, C5468, C5833, C5835, C5951, C5952, C5953, C5954, C5955, C5957, C5958, C5959, C5960, C5961, C5962, C5963, C5965, C5966, C5967, C5968, C5969, C5970, C5971, C5972, IG0653, IG0704, IG0732.
Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 7656
        Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 7656
Neg. no.: 3832/2; 914/2
Digital photos: S. Artusi, 2007
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      Digital photos: S. Artusi, 2007
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