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Ceramics from Khwajâ Sabz Push Archaeological site, Bâmiyân, Afghanistan

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The mausoleums area of Khwajâ Sabz Push in Bâmiyân was looted in 2001, cleared for architectural restoration in 2012, and then excavated in 2016 by the MAFAB. These two last operations exhumed nearly 3,700 ceramic fragments studied in 2017 and still unpublished. This material comes from a large embankment that mixes waste from pottery production and household ceramics. Some of the production rejects belong to the so-called “Bâmiyân type” and is characterized by sgraffito technique. Other incised or champlevé decorations in a slip are also fired in biscuit. Transparent, colourless, yellow or green glazes cover the décor. Shapes with painted engobe decoration are also part of the production. Firing is carried out in bar kilns where objects are separated by tripods or bowls. In the meantime, workshop remains provide no information about production of fritware. Some forms produced in the workshop have traces of use. Other household ceramics are moulded with traces of use in fire. The shape of pots, dishes and lids is very varied, sometimes painted with pigments or engobes. Glaze drips or drops on these dishes testify to a simultaneous firing with glazed production. Materials from the mausoleum site attest the production of sgraffito ceramic usually dated from the beginning of the 13th century (see Gardin 1957) whereas the atypical monochrome variants are dated in the literature between the 9th and 11th century. Results of the Khwajâ Sabz Push Mausoleums study seem to fix the dating of the embankment around the 12th century.
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halshs-03525039, version 1 (13-01-2022)

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Guergana Guionova, Thomas Lorain. Ceramics from Khwajâ Sabz Push Archaeological site, Bâmiyân, Afghanistan. Ceramics from Islamic Lands, Victoria and Albert Museum, Jul 2021, London, United Kingdom. ⟨halshs-03525039⟩
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