Band Fragment with Botanical Decoration
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Band Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 4th–5th century C.E.. Flax, wool, 7 x 1 1/2 in. (17.8 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.57. (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 an ancient textile featuring ornate decorative patterns.
The artifact is a fragmentary piece of textile displaying complex decorative motifs in a tapestry style. The design comprises recurring abstract shapes and possibly stylized floral patterns, woven with dark and light threads, suggesting an ornamental purpose. The wear and tear indicate its antiquity and usage over time.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.57 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19125 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.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.