Fragment of textile with leaf-shaped panel

Classification

clothing

Culture

Coptic (culture)

Dimensions

24.5 × 31.5 cm

Date

6th–7th century

Period

following the Arab conquest of Egypt (after 639 A.D.); Early Byzantine Period (mid-5th century A.D. – 639); Late Antique Period (6th–7th centuries A.D.)

Material

linen ; wool

Iconography

fishing scene ; boat ; fishing net ; Eros ; female figure ; flower ; fish ; leaf pattern

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Panopolis (Akhmim)

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Andrássy, Gyula Collection ; Pallavicini Collection

Inventory

56.85.A

ID

Hyp-156

References

Török 1993 II, 42–43, T 69.; Dági–Sipos, in BullMusHong 94 (2001), 80, 164; Szilágyi J. Gy. 1988a, 122–124.; Oroszlán 1930, 16, no. XV