Fragment with Geometric Decoration
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Fragment with Geometric Decoration, 4th century C.E.. Flax, wool, 2 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (6.6 x 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.55. (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 a textile featuring a roundel with geometric patterns.
This artifact is a fragment of ancient textile, featuring a roundel design woven with contrasting colors. The roundel is connected to a series of geometric shapes resembling a stem. The textile appears to be crafted from natural fibers, likely linen, with a dark, possibly dyed pattern for visual contrast. The composition suggests a decorative purpose, potentially used in a garment or furnishing.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.55 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19123 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.
- 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.