Islamic Ghazni: Marble
Inv. no. SP0099

Tombs
IsMEO / IsIAO Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan, 1957
Rawza
Rawza, in the garden of Mahmud's mausoleum
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Tomb element
Marble
Bas-relief
25x50x12
966/1558

Upper molded element of a tomb with a triangular section and inscriptions on the four faces.

Current location: Ghazni warehouse

Epitaph: Arabic, cursive
Name of the deceased, date of death and hadith
Arabic, square Kufic
The name 'Ali is repeated four times

Name of the deceased
الصبي المرحوم المبرور محمد شريف ابن الشيخ االسالك الصالح درويش (...) الدين
al-ṣabī al-marḥūm al-mabrūr Muḥammad Šarīf b. al- šayḫ al-sālik al-ṣāliḥ Darwīš (…) al-dīn (Reading by M. Massullo)
Neg. no.: LA8896/4-7
Digital photos: G. Pastori, 2002
Drawings: –