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Accession_Number 2005.7.6
Shape Textile
Shape_description Rectilinear textile fragment
Material Linen; wool
Fabric
Fabric_description Unbleached linen band with tapestry areas in red-brown wool
Munsell_color
Decoration Vine-scroll design in wool
Inscriptions
Condition Fragment. Good
Technique/Style Tabby; tapestry; dovetailing
Provenance Akhmim, Egypt
Period Early Byzantine
Date 4-6 c. AD
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Artist
Attribution
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Textile fragment decorated with vine-scroll design in wool.

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Top view of an early Byzantine textile fragment decorated with vine-scroll.

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Top view of an early Byzantine textile fragment decorated with vine-scroll.

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Textile fragment before conservation treatment consiting of a single band of wreath motif in maroon wool on un-dyed linen; tapestry weave Light surface soils; light staining; some worn wool threads

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Textile fragment during conservation process. The object is a single band of wreath motif in maroon wool on un-dyed linen; tapestry weave Light surface soils; light staining; some worn wool threads

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Textile fragment decorated with vine-scroll design in wool during conservation process.

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Closed box containing mounted textile fragments after conservation process.

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Object mounted in box after conservation process.

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Object mounted in box after conservation process.

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Object mounted in box after conservation process.

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Object mounted in box after conservation process.

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Reversed object mounted in box after conservation process.

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Reversed object mounted in box after conservation process.

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Reversed object mounted in box after conservation process.
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Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. L. 3.5; W. 16.5
Location Coptic textiles
Edited_by Anthea Harris; Kinsey; Joana Varela
Date_edited 31.07.2005; 11.01.2006; 18.04.2017
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