Fragment of a Large Hanging
500s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragment of a Large Hanging, 500s. Egypt, Byzantine period, 6th century. Looped-knot pile; wool and linen; overall: 89.9 x 127 cm (35 3/8 x 50 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.573
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- looped-knot pile; wool and linen
- Medium
- looped-knot, pile, wool, linen
- Dimensions
- Overall: 89.9 x 127 cm (35 3/8 x 50 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: above and on both sides of the main figure are fragmentary bits of Coptic inscriptions reading: "ATTAC. . ." (left) and "ATTA . . ." (right).
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1954.573
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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