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

Fragment of a Band with Animals and Plants

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Fragment of a Band with Animals and Plants, 5th–6th century C.E.. Flax, wool, 13 3/4 x 23 1/4 in. (35 x 59.1 cm) Support board: 22 x 32 x 1 1/2 in. (55.9 x 81.3 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.52.

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 textile fragment with circular motifs depicting human-like figures.

The artifact is a fragment of ancient textile featuring a row of circular motifs. Within each circle, a stylized, human-like figure is depicted. The textile is bordered by decorative fringing on both sides. The figures are simplistic in design and appear to be repeated across the band, possibly indicating a pattern or narrative. The colors are predominantly dark with some red and green highlights.

decorative Coptic fragmentary
Materials textile

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Textile

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.52 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 19120 tier-2
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