
- Roundel
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Roundel
- Place of origin:
Egypt (From a grave context, found)
Egypt (probably, made) - Date:
6th Century - 8th Century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Plain woven linen with silk embroidery
- Museum number:
815-1903
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Portion of a roundel of linen embroidered with coloured silks, depicting the Last Supper. A curved band, issuing from anobject now unintelligible, touches the halo of one of the figures. The ground is green. There is a border of heart-shaped flowers and rosettes. The roundel has been stitched to a linen tunic, a fragment of which remains.