Female Personification
5th century C.E.
Coptic
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The female figure holds a palm frond in one hand and a basket in the other. She has wings of dark blue outlined in light blue. Pomegranates create a border around the scene.
This textile may have been used as a cushion cover, an embroidered funerary cover in imitation of a Roman period-mummy mask, or may have been part of an embroidered wall hanging.
In the image included here, taken by our Conservation Department, the light-colored areas indicate where indigo dye is present.
This textile may have been used as a cushion cover, an embroidered funerary cover in imitation of a Roman period-mummy mask, or may have been part of an embroidered wall hanging.
In the image included here, taken by our Conservation Department, the light-colored areas indicate where indigo dye is present.
- Maker/Artist
- Coptic
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Flax, wool
- Period
- Late Antique Period
- Dimensions
- 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (29.2 x 29.2 cm) as mounted: 16 x 16 x 1 11/16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 x 4.3 cm)
- Accession Number
- 56.125
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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