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Part of a silk panel. Coptic Egypt, early 8th century. Two scenes, one a mirror image of the other, depict a mounted emperor carrying a sceptre. They are separated by a column of balloon-like blossoms. The emperor's rearing horse rides over a soldier with a spear. A sense of landscape is created with plant forms, a long-legged water bird and a bird wearing a scarf. A woven inscription above reads Zachariou, possibly identifying the owner of the textile workshop as a Zacharias or Zachariah. The section above the inscriptions has a pattern of abstract blossoms on curvilinear stems with leafy sprigs. Strips of chandelier shaped leaves form borders down the sides. The silk is woven with purple and white threads in a weft-faced compound twill. It is probably from Akhmîm in Upper Egypt where a large number of textiles were found in graves in the late nineteenth century. M AND ME, 1904,7-6,41.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART200575

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 1278px × 1600px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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