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Description: | Part of a tunic probably dating to the Byzantine Period (300-1000 AD). The background of this design is undyed linen with 2 red/brown strips woven in, probably of wool. One edge is a selvedge. Some motifs are possibly hares. The hare was possibly a symbol of eternity in Coptic Egypt (Lewis 1969, 35). Alternatively, or additionally, the hare is often associated with resurrection and fertility and is linked with Dionysus (Erikson 1997, 61). Other animals in the strip appear to be lions. The motif pattern runs along line of warp in two bands. Such decorations would have been used to decorate tunics in first millennium A.D. Egypt. This is similar in design to a Byzantine costume in Pritchard (2004, 69 fig 4.19c). Erikson, M. 1997. Textiles in Egypt 200-1500 AD in Swedish Museum Collections. Gothenburg: University of Gothenburg. Lewis, S. 1969 Early Coptic Textiles. Stanford: Stanford University. Pritchard, F. 2004 Clothing Culture. Dress in Egypt in the First Millennium AD. Clothing from Egypt in the collection of The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester. Manchester: University of Manchester. . | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 300 AD-1000 A.D.
First millennium A.D. | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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