Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
Inv. no. C5956

Friezes
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Room XVIII
C5956

Other images

C5956_Artusi 2007

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
Neg. no.: 3832/2; 914/2
Digital photos: S. Artusi, 2007
Drawings: –