Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · architecture

2 Clavi Fragments with Stylized Botanical Decoration

Source of record: Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. 2 Clavi Fragments with Stylized Botanical Decoration, 5th–6th century C.E.. Flax, wool, 08.480.58a: 3 3/4 x 14 15/16 in. (9.5 x 38 cm) 08.480.58b: 2 9/16 x 15 11/16 in. (6.5 x 39.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.58a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A fragment of ancient Egyptian textile with decorative motifs.

The artifact is a fragment of an intricately woven textile featuring a band of decorative motifs. The textile design includes circular patterns and abstract shapes, possibly reflecting symbolic or religious significance. The weaving technique suggests a combination of stylized forms, commonly seen in Egyptian art, highlighting the textures and colors used in its creation. The fragment's condition shows signs of wear, indicating its antiquity.

decorative Coptic fragmentary
Materials textile

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Textile

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.58a-b tier-2
  • BKM-Object 19126 tier-2
About this record's data
  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.