Fragment of a tapestry band

Classification

clothing

Culture

Coptic (culture)

Dimensions

13.7 × 6 cm

Date

11th century

Period

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

Material

wool

Iconography

Nilotic landscape ; fish ; bird ; papyrus

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Rudnyánszky, István Collection

Inventory

84.391.A

ID

Hyp-202

References

Török 1993 II, 67, T 137.