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Compound woven textile
Egyptian, (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
4th-7th century A.D.
Object Place: Coptic, Egypt
Medium/Technique
Wool, weft-faced compound tabby
Dimensions
Height x width: 14 x 10.5 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number40.41
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ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp of wool; ground of light brown wool with an all-over deisgn of connected octagons, each enclosing a running animal (lion ?); the design is woven with dark brown wool, probably a fragment of a covering.