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Source Description
This was the front or back ornament of a unisex tunic neck opening made in linen. The border at the neck displays an interlacing vine scroll inscribing alternating male and female busts. Below it are two of the original three arches and one of the supporting columns with a stylized capital. The male figure on the left wears a short garment (<em>chiton</em>) draped over one shoulder and has a shield. He is accompanied by a figure on the right.
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151054
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Neck Ornament of a Tunic
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151054
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object
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Neck Ornament of a Tunic
description
This was the front or back ornament of a unisex tunic neck opening made in linen. The border at the neck displays an interlacing vine scroll inscribing alternating male and female busts. Below it are two of the original three arches and one of the supporting columns with a stylized capital. The male figure on the left wears a short garment (<em>chiton</em>) draped over one shoulder and has a shield. He is accompanied by a figure on the right.
date
400s CE
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CC0
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en
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Q79934258
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Textile
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Overall: 18.4 x 28.9 cm (7 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.); Mounted: 26.7 x 37.1 cm (10 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
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Egypt, Byzantine period
accession
1982.81
Source extras
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Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
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Neck Ornament of a Tunic, 400s CE. Egypt, Byzantine period. Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; overall: 18.4 x 28.9 cm (7 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.); mounted: 26.7 x 37.1 cm (10 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1982.81
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T - Coptic
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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2026-05-29 07:48:17.057000
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151054
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Textiles
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T - Coptic
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Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
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