Textile fragment with dancing figures

Classification

tunic

Culture

Coptic (culture)

Dimensions

9 × 42.5 cm

Date

10th–11th century

Period

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

Material

wool

Iconography

Dionysiac scene ; dancer ; geometric pattern

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Inventory

93.8.A

ID

Hyp-215

References

Török 2005a, 220, no. 198; Török 2005b, 262, no. 198; Dági–Sipos, in BullMusHong 94 (2001), 66, 80, 160, 164