Cloth fragment

Cloth fragment

A fragment of a cloth with a blue border decorated with a series of identical white geometric motifs and a band with three palm branches topped by a red bud.

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

Inventory number 12442

Dating COPTIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site EL-SHEIKH `ABADA/ANTINOOPOLIS

Category COPTIC TEXTILE

Material LINEN; WOOL

Technique TEXTILE TECHNIQUE; WORKED

Width 7.1 cm

Bibliography•S. Donadoni, Stoffe decorate da Antinoe, Scritti dedicati alla memoria di Ippolito Rosellini, Firenze, 1945, p. 141 (45), tav. XXIII.

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