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

Textile

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Textile, 4th–7th century C.E.. Flax, wool, 2 3/8 x 2 in. (6 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X930. (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.

A small textile fragment composed of interwoven thread shows a symmetrical, cross-like arrangement with multicolored stitched areas (red and green) on a pale ground.

The image depicts a piece of textile laid flat against a light background. Multiple rounded lobes and a central vertical motif form a roughly star or cross-like composition. The field is primarily beige/tan with thick stitched contours in dark teal/green. Several rectangular or oval sections are filled with red yarn/thread and are separated by green/teal outlines and pale beige areas. The edges appear fringed with loose fibers, suggesting a fragment or section of a larger textile. No identifiable Egyptian hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic script are visible; the pattern appears decorative or functional rather than textual. No specific deities or royal names can be confirmed from the visible design.

decorative Late Antique Period (per catalogue); exact period not visually determinable fragmentary
Materials textile weavingflax or linen thread (beige ground; uncertain)wool or dyed wool thread (red/green; uncertain)

Connections

Materials Textile Weaving

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession X930 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 121826 tier-2
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