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Source Description
This is the bottom section of a well-woven wool unisex tunic. Various stylized roundels with animals and baskets decorate the hem that extends into round finials with birds. The interior two square panels complete the design. Extra wefts, or horizontal threads, enrich the animals and the deep blue ground, probably a failed purple dye. While the robe itself is created from linen, the fringes at the bottom are made from wool.
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Document identity
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157033
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Lower Section of a Tunic
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object
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157033
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object
title
Lower Section of a Tunic
description
This is the bottom section of a well-woven wool unisex tunic. Various stylized roundels with animals and baskets decorate the hem that extends into round finials with birds. The interior two square panels complete the design. Extra wefts, or horizontal threads, enrich the animals and the deep blue ground, probably a failed purple dye. While the robe itself is created from linen, the fringes at the bottom are made from wool.
date
400s CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79947225
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Textile
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 54.9 x 106.7 cm (21 5/8 x 42 in.); Mounted: 67.3 x 118.1 cm (26 1/2 x 46 1/2 in.)
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Egypt, Byzantine period
accession
1993.177
Source extras
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Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping
tombstone
Lower Section of a Tunic, 400s CE. Egypt, Byzantine period. Undyed linen and dyed wool: tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; overall: 54.9 x 106.7 cm (21 5/8 x 42 in.); mounted: 67.3 x 118.1 cm (26 1/2 x 46 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 1993.177
collection
T - Coptic
didYouKnow
Long wide tunics were the most common garments of this time period.
citations
citation
“1993 Annual Report.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 6 (1994).
page_number
Mentioned: p. 167
creditline
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
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2026-05-29 08:10:17.950000
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157033
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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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