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Textile fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine or Early Islamic
7th–8th century A.D.
Object Place: possibly Achmim, Egypt
Medium/Technique
Silk samite
Dimensions
Height x width: 8.3 x 13 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number09.127
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGray silk ground with lozenges formed by diagonal bands of scrolled branches with floral motifs in the center of each lozenge is a tree flanked by two birds.