Islamic Ghazni
Panels with niche design

Panels with niche design

Rectangular panels carved in bas-relief with pointed horseshoe arch, typically framed on three sides by an epigraphic band. The inscriptions include Koranic verses, religious or benedictory phrases, honorific titles and help identifying the original context of the objects.

All but one artifacts were found re-employed in the Ghazni area in 1957; one was purchased in Ghazni in the late 1950s-1960s.

Inv. no.:
C2978
Measures:
23x16 cm

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Find spot	Room II, Throne room
Chronology	end 11th - early 12th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Alabaster
Measures	23x16 cm

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C2980
Measures:
15x9,5 cm

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni, Ghaznavid Palace
Find spot	Room II, Throne room
Chronology	end 11th - early 12th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Alabaster
Measures	15x9,5 cm

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Inv. no.:
IG0001

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Ramak (reused in a tomb)
Chronology	11th-12th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble

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IG0002

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Unknown ziyara (reused in the lower part of the wall)
Chronology	11th-12th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble

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IG0007

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Bahlul II (reused on a tomb)
Chronology	11th-12th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble

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IG0039

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Rawza, Ziyara Khwaja Bolghar (reused in a wall)
Chronology	Second half 11th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble

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IG0054

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Arg, Masjid Abu'l-Fath (reused)
Chronology	12th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble

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Inv. no.:
IG0055

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Arg, Masjid Abu l-Fath (reused in the exterior wall)
Chronology	Second half 11th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble

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Inv. no.:
IG0056

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Arg, Masjid Abu l-Fath (reused as mihrab)
Chronology	Second half 11th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble

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IG0062
Measures:
46.5x62x8 cm

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Ramak, interior wall of the ziyara
Chronology	Early 13th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble
Measures	46.5x62x8 cm

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IG0289
Measures:
52x34 cm

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Arg, Masjid-i Mahalla Rais or Masjid-i Qullali (reused)
Chronology	11th-12th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble
Measures	52x34 cm

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KM.58.2.12

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Unknown
Chronology	Second half 11th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Alabaster

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RM0018
Measures:
50x54.5 cm

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Unknown
Chronology	11th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble
Measures	50x54.5 cm

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RM0019
Measures:
68.5x49.5 cm

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Garden of Mahmud's mausoleum (reused)
Chronology	11th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble
Measures	68.5x49.5 cm

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Sp0005
Measures:
18.5x23.5 cm

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	(Purchased at Ghazni in 1957)
Find spot	Rawza
Chronology	11th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Alabaster
Measures	18.5x23.5 cm

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Sp0122
Measures:
52x34 cm

Cultural context	Islamic
Provenance	Ghazni area
Find spot	Unknown
Chronology	11th-12th cent.
Object	Panel
Material	Marble
Measures	52x34 cm

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Panels with niche design

Ghazni

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