Textile fragment with dancing figures

Classification

tunic

Culture

Coptic (culture)

Dimensions

17.2 × 19.5 cm

Date

5th century – first half of the 6th century AD

Period

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

Material

linen ; wool

Iconography

Dionysiac scene ; dancer ; clothing ; lion

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Szigeti, József Collection

Inventory

97.28.A

ID

Hyp-253

References

Török 2005b, 262, no. 197.; Török 2005a, 219, 197. sz.