Textile fragment from a roundel

Details

• Title

  Textile fragment from a roundel

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt (place of creation)

  Africa › Egypt › Sawhāj › Akhmim (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  7th century AD (AD 601 - 700)

• Material and technique

  silk, satin woven

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk

• Technique index

  woven

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › roundel;

  textile

• Dimensions

  15 x 14.5 cm (length x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1996.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1996.35.a

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