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Textile Fragment

ca. AD300-600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Oxyrhynchus (found)

A band of tapestry woven wool. Egyptian, ca. AD300-600. Brown, white and yellow wool. The band (20mm) is bordered top and bottom with a brown line (4mm wide). The centre of the band has brown motifs on a white background. the motifs are of flowers, a fish and a duck. Some slit tapestry present.


Object details

Categories
Africa
Archaeology
Death
Textiles
Object type
Textile fragment
Materials and techniques
Tapestry woven wool
Wool
Weaving
Dyeing
Brief description
Tapestry woven wool. Egyptian, ca. AD300-600. Fish, flower and duck motifs.
Physical description
A band of tapestry woven wool. Brown, white and yellow wool. The band (20mm) is bordered top and bottom with a brown line (4mm wide). The centre of the band has brown motifs on a white background. the motifs are of flowers, a fish and a duck. Some slit tapestry present.
Dimensions
  • Width: 105mm
  • Height: 40mm
Style
Late Antique
Object history
Objects T.115-1922 to T.158-1922 purchased for £25, from Professor Flinders Petrie. They were found at the BSAE excavations of Oxyrhynchus that year and offered to the museum directly by Petrie, though the money was to be passed to the BSAE.
Summary
A band of tapestry woven wool. Egyptian, ca. AD300-600. Brown, white and yellow wool. The band (20mm) is bordered top and bottom with a brown line (4mm wide). The centre of the band has brown motifs on a white background. the motifs are of flowers, a fish and a duck. Some slit tapestry present.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
T.144-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O368168/textile-fragment-unknown/
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