Textile fragment with dancing figures

Classification

tunic

Culture

Coptic (culture)

Dimensions

24.4 × 21.5 cm

Date

7th century A.D. or later

Period

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

Material

linen ; wool

Iconography

Dionysiac scene ; dancer ; clothing ; scroll motif ; flower ; animals

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Szigeti, József Collection

Inventory

97.30.A

ID

Hyp-255

References

Török 2005a, 218, no. 196.; Török 2005b, 261, no. 196.