Textile Fragment
ca. AD300-600 (made)
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A panel from a tunic, woven in cream and black/dark blue wool (s-spun). Egyptian, ca. AD300-600. The panel may come from below a neck opening of a tunic. It has a horizontal border and an upside down U shaped panel beneath this. The top band has a row of four circles with large flowers surrounding an animal in each (birds and gazelle?). The flowers are a variant of the rose/cross icon which has four heart-shaped petal, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross - although in this case there is no cross but animals instead. This panel is bordered with two lines. The upside down U panel had five groups of figures. Along the top are three groups - two figures riding marine monsters and in between these are two centaurs, with a raised hand, and a standing figure with a raised hand. At the bottom of the upside down U there is a repeat of the two centaurs and standing figure. The upside down U is bordered with a form of crenelated decoration that extends along the sides of the top, horizontal band. The piece is stained with some holes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | woven wool |
| Brief description | A panel of tapestry-woven wool. Egyptian, ca. AD300-600. |
| Physical description | A panel from a tunic, woven in cream and black/dark blue wool (s-spun). The panel may come from below a neck opening of a tunic. It has a horizontal border and an upside down U shaped panel beneath this. The top band has a row of four circles with large flowers surrounding an animal in each (birds and gazelle?). The flowers are a variant of the rose/cross icon which has four heart-shaped petal, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross - although in this case there is no cross but animals instead. This panel is bordered with two lines. The upside down U panel had five groups of figures. Along the top are three groups - two figures riding marine monsters and in between these are two centaurs, with a raised hand, and a standing figure with a raised hand. At the bottom of the upside down U there is a repeat of the two centaurs and standing figure. The upside down U is bordered with a form of crenelated decoration that extends along the sides of the top, horizontal band. The piece is stained with some holes. |
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| Object history | Items 795-1919 to 839-1919 inclusive purhcased together for £700 from Harold Wallis, esq. |
| Summary | A panel from a tunic, woven in cream and black/dark blue wool (s-spun). Egyptian, ca. AD300-600. The panel may come from below a neck opening of a tunic. It has a horizontal border and an upside down U shaped panel beneath this. The top band has a row of four circles with large flowers surrounding an animal in each (birds and gazelle?). The flowers are a variant of the rose/cross icon which has four heart-shaped petal, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross - although in this case there is no cross but animals instead. This panel is bordered with two lines. The upside down U panel had five groups of figures. Along the top are three groups - two figures riding marine monsters and in between these are two centaurs, with a raised hand, and a standing figure with a raised hand. At the bottom of the upside down U there is a repeat of the two centaurs and standing figure. The upside down U is bordered with a form of crenelated decoration that extends along the sides of the top, horizontal band. The piece is stained with some holes. |
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| Accession number | T.801-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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