Islamic Ghazni: Stucco
Inv. no. C5597

Panels and frames
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957-1966
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Antechamber LVII
C5597

Other images

C5597_Artusi 2007

Panel
Stucco
Carving
44×38×13
Late 11th - early 12th c.

Panel with vegetal decoration in the wider section and epigraphic motif in the upper band. The inscription is well preserved; the lower portion of the vegetal motif is missing.

Current location: Rome, Museo delle Civiltà – Museo d’Arte Orientale “G. Tucci”, Inv. no. 8416

Inscription: Arabic, Kufic, one line
الملك
“The sovereignty” (Reading by R. Giunta)
Neg. no.: 3314/7
Digital photos: S. Artusi, 2007
Drawings: –