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Woven strip

Artist
Date4th Century
MediumTextile
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1945.3.2
DescriptionA Coptic garment with a tapestry ornament. Only the tapestry piece of twenty two round circles in dark blue on a once-white background. In the circles are many different kinds of dragon-like animals. Bust of a man at one end. Crenalated design on border. Three pieces were sewn to backing as one.
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Woven fragment
COPTIC
4th-5th century
Tapestry fragment
COPTIC
4th century AD
Tapestry fragment
COPTIC
Late Hellenistic 4th-5th century
Tapestry fragment
COPTIC
4th C. A.D.; 4th-5th century
Garment fragment
COPTIC
4th - 5th Century
Garment fragment
COPTIC
4th Century
Tapestry fragment
COPTIC
4th century AD
Tapestry fragment
COPTIC
4th-5th century A.D.
Linen fragment
COPTIC
4th-5th Cent. AD
Empress strip
COPTIC
4th - 5th century
Linen fragment
COPTIC
4th-5th cent. AD