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Three Fragments with a Coptic Inscription

810–1010 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Three Fragments with a Coptic Inscription
  • Date: 810–1010 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
  • Geography: Attributed to Egypt, Akhmim (former Panopolis)
  • Medium: Tapestry weave in polychrome and undyed wool on plain-weave ground of undyed wool; a row of stitches in undyed wool below the top edge
  • Dimensions: Textile Fragment A: H. 24 13/16 in. (31.4 cm)
    W. 12 3/8 in. (63 x 31.4 cm)
    Textile Fragment B: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
    W. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
    Textile Fragment C: H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm)
    W. 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles
  • Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
  • Object Number: 90.5.877
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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