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This roundel was cut, perhaps in antiquity, from a repeat pattern silk textile and typifies a type of ruler/hero/saint imagery that spread throughout the Byzantine Empire. Silks with such intricate patterns were woven on draw looms.
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Title: Roundel with Mounted Horseman Spearing a Lion
Date: probably 7th–8th century
Geography: Attributed to Egypt, Akhmim (former Panopolis)
Medium: Silk; twill weave (?)
Dimensions:
H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
W. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
Object Number: 90.5.6
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