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Textile fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Sassanian Dynasty or Early Islamic
7th-8th century A.D.
Object Place: Mesopotamia (?)
Medium/Technique
Tapestry, wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 20.5 x 13 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number38.39
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp of brown wool; on a rectangular fragment is a design of a ram with patterened ribbons flying from its collar; ground is in light brown; the ram is in cream, green and brown wool; a plain border with remains of quatrefoil motifs frame the design. Similar to 34.120.
ProvenanceLent by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes, October 16, 1937.