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Source Description
Within a roundel are a pair of mounted Amazons (women warriors) shooting backward at lions, which attack their running horses. The roundel frame is filled with stylized floral motifs and is bordered on the inside by a band of tiny hearts.
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Document identity
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129206
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Roundel with Amazons, from a tunic
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129206
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title
Roundel with Amazons, from a tunic
description
Within a roundel are a pair of mounted Amazons (women warriors) shooting backward at lions, which attack their running horses. The roundel frame is filled with stylized floral motifs and is bordered on the inside by a band of tiny hearts.
date
600s–800s
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CC0
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en
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Q79909950
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 22.2 x 23.5 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.); Mounted: 31.1 x 31.8 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
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Egypt or Syria(?)
accession
1952.104
Source extras
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samite: silk
tombstone
Roundel with Amazons, from a tunic, 600s–800s. Egypt or Syria(?). Samite: silk; overall: 22.2 x 23.5 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.); mounted: 31.1 x 31.8 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.104
collection
Textiles
didYouKnow
The dark purple weft yarn was dyed with kermes and indigo.
citations
citation
Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 339, fig. 23
citation
Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 49, fig. 2.7; Mentioned: pp. 46, 49
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-06-05 11:14:54.339000
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129206
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Textiles
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samite: silk
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