Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. SP0093

Tombs
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1966
Ghazni area
East of ziyara Sharif Khan
SP0093

Other images

Sp0093_3916-3
Sp0093_3916-6

Tomb composed of two elements
Marble
Bas-relief

16th c.

Tomb composed of a monolithic humpbacked upper element [A] and a lower element in the form of a trapezoidal prism [B].

Current location: Ghazni warehouse

Epitaph: [A] Arabic, cursive: name of the deceased and invocation to God
Arabic, squre Kufic: 'Ali (repeated four times)
[B] Arabic, cursive: Basmala and Kor. 2:255
(Reading by M. Massullo)
Neg. no.: 3913/12; 3916/1-8
Digital photos: G. Pastori, 2002
Drawings: –