Fragment with Botanical Decoration
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 5th–6th century C.E.. Flax, wool, 9 3/4 x 9 in. (24.8 x 22.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X940. (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 textile with floral and geometric patterns.
The image shows a frayed textile fragment featuring alternating floral and circular geometric designs. The textile appears to be made of linen with colorful decorations including red, yellow, and green motifs. The design is repetitive and likely held some decorative or symbolic significance.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X940 tier-2
- BKM-Object 121836 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.