Fragment of a tapestry band

Classification

clothing

Culture

Coptic (culture)

Dimensions

12.8 x 9.1 cm

Date

9th–10th century

Period

following the Arab conquest of Egypt (after 639 A.D.)

Material

wool

Iconography

flower ; bird ; hare

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Hungarian National Museum

Inventory

51.210

ID

Hyp-132

References

Török 1993 II, 58, T 107.; Dági–Sipos, in BullMusHong 94 (2001), 80, 164