Cloth fragment

Cloth fragment

Fragment of a cloth with a decoration shaped as a lanceolate leaf with a long peduncle. It has three borders (white, pink and white) and a red center. Colored plant motifs grace the center of the leaf and the spot where the peduncle is attached.

Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number 12444

Dating COPTIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site EL-SHEIKH `ABADA/ANTINOOPOLIS

Category COPTIC TEXTILE

Material WOOL

Technique TEXTILE TECHNIQUE

Width 5.5 cm

Bibliography•S. Donadoni, Stoffe decorate da Antinoe, Scritti dedicati alla memoria di Ippolito Rosellini, Firenze, 1945, pg. 141, n. 47.

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