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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 8in, Width: 24in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	417-1887
Record ID	417-1887
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Tapestry woven panel from the hem of a linen tunic, depicting scenes from the Biblical narrative of David.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Tapestry woven linen and wool Wool Linen Weaving Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama	A band from the hem of a tunic, tapestry-woven in dyed wool and undyed linen thread on linen warps. The decoration, on a red ground, consists of roundels depicting scenes from the Biblical story of David, alternating with half-roundels containing pairs of confronted horsemen. There are small rosettes in the intervening spaces between roundels. Each roundel has a double border, the inner with a serpentine vine-motif on a white ground, and the outer with an interlocking gem-ornament. The left, incomplete roundel depicts David brought before Saul (Samuel 17: 31-32), wiuth David recounting his successful fight against a lion and bear in order to convince Saul to let him fight Goliath. There are letters forming a largely incomprehensible text alongside the figures, although some of the letters might represent a garbled abbreviation of the Coptic for 'David'. The right-hand roundel depicts David's fight against the lion (Samuel 17: 34-36), with a figure (the personification of Dynamis) looking on. Both the composition of this scene, with David's arms around the lion's neck, and David's nudity, may have been influenced by depictions of Hercules slaying the Nemean lion.
Üretim	Examples such as this piece, consisting of roundels with stylised floral borders on a red background, represent tapestry woven imitations of contemporary silks.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 8in, Width: 24in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 417-1887

Record ID 417-1887

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Tapestry woven panel from the hem of a linen tunic, depicting scenes from the Biblical narrative of David.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Tapestry woven linen and wool Wool Linen Weaving Tapestry Weave

Fiziksel açıklama A band from the hem of a tunic, tapestry-woven in dyed wool and undyed linen thread on linen warps. The decoration, on a red ground, consists of roundels depicting scenes from the Biblical story of David, alternating with half-roundels containing pairs of confronted horsemen. There are small rosettes in the intervening spaces between roundels. Each roundel has a double border, the inner with a serpentine vine-motif on a white ground, and the outer with an interlocking gem-ornament. The left, incomplete roundel depicts David brought before Saul (Samuel 17: 31-32), wiuth David recounting his successful fight against a lion and bear in order to convince Saul to let him fight Goliath. There are letters forming a largely incomprehensible text alongside the figures, although some of the letters might represent a garbled abbreviation of the Coptic for 'David'. The right-hand roundel depicts David's fight against the lion (Samuel 17: 34-36), with a figure (the personification of Dynamis) looking on. Both the composition of this scene, with David's arms around the lion's neck, and David's nudity, may have been influenced by depictions of Hercules slaying the Nemean lion.

Üretim Examples such as this piece, consisting of roundels with stylised floral borders on a red background, represent tapestry woven imitations of contemporary silks.