Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
Inv. no. C5952

Friezes
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII
C5952

Other images

C5952_Artusi 2007-201

Frieze
Stucco
Carving
37×36×5
Late 11th - early 12th c.

Element of frieze with specular vegetal motif evoking a pseudo-epigraphy. Preserving portions of both sides: the two central stems, three curling leaves and two palmettes (1966); then only portions of the central stems and two curling leaves (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, C5953, C5954, C5955, C5956, 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. 7176
Neg. no.: 3830/4; 912/4
Digital photos: S. Artusi, 2007
Drawings: –