Tapestry with representation of Eros and beasts

Classification

clothing

Culture

Coptic (culture)

Dimensions

7 x 7.8 cm

Date

ca. 6th century A.D.

Period

6th century A.D.; Early Byzantine Period (mid-5th century A.D. – 639)

Material

wool

Iconography

vessel ; scroll motif ; quadrupede ; Eros ; cross ; bucolic scene

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Budapest, Hungarian National Museum

Inventory

51.220

ID

Hyp-151

References

Török 1993 II, 33–34, T 48.