Band Fragment with Checkered Decoration
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Band Fragment with Checkered Decoration, 5th–6th century C.E.. Flax, wool, 1 1/2 x 4 in. (3.8 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 15.451b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Close-up of a textile band fragment featuring a dark-blue ground with repeated white square motifs arranged in a checkered pattern, bordered by red stripes.
The image shows a narrow fragment of woven textile with a prominent decorative scheme. The central field is dark blue and contains multiple small, evenly spaced white square shapes that create a checkered or lattice-like effect. Along the top and bottom edges of the band are continuous red horizontal stripes. The fragment has frayed/worn edges with visible loose threads, indicating it is incomplete and worn. No figurative imagery is present, and there are no clearly legible hieroglyphs or text in any language. The visible threads suggest a woven structure consistent with the catalogue’s identification as a flax/wool textile, though the exact fibers cannot be confirmed from the image alone.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 15.451b tier-2
- BKM-Object 9188 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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