Fragment of a decorated textile

Classification

clothing

Culture

Coptic (culture)

Dimensions

6 x 11 cm

Date

10th–12th century

Period

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

Material

wool ; linen

Iconography

scroll motif ; female figure?

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Rudnyánszky, István Collection

Inventory

84.367.A

ID

Hyp-178

References

Török 1993 II, 80, T 189.; Dági–Sipos, in BullMusHong 94 (2001), 72, 80, 161, 164 fig. 29–30