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Segmentum (medallions) like this decorated tunics in Coptic Egypt. Medallions were woven into a tunic’s shoulders or lower half. This medallion's design scheme displays waves encircling geometric shapes and representational images. It features a cross-legged dancer balanced on a vase with hands raised prayerfully. Other dancers clang cymbals while satyrs frolic below them. Coptic can refer to a language, an ethnic group, a religion, or an artistic style (which wasn’t always Christian). Coptic classical imagery reflects the Hellenized (Greek, 305–30 BC) and Roman cultures of Egypt (30 BC–AD 395) before the Byzantine era.
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150874
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Fragment of Round Segmentum
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150874
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Fragment of Round Segmentum
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Segmentum (medallions) like this decorated tunics in Coptic Egypt. Medallions were woven into a tunic’s shoulders or lower half. This medallion's design scheme displays waves encircling geometric shapes and representational images. It features a cross-legged dancer balanced on a vase with hands raised prayerfully. Other dancers clang cymbals while satyrs frolic below them. Coptic can refer to a language, an ethnic group, a religion, or an artistic style (which wasn’t always Christian). Coptic classical imagery reflects the Hellenized (Greek, 305–30 BC) and Roman cultures of Egypt (30 BC–AD 395) before the Byzantine era.
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400s–600s CE
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en
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Q79933811
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Textile
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Overall: 33 x 29.2 cm (13 x 11 1/2 in.)
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Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Coptic-style weaver(s)
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1982.271
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Wool: tabby ground, inwoven tapestry ornament
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Fragment of Round Segmentum, 400s–600s CE. Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Coptic-style weaver(s). Wool: tabby ground, inwoven tapestry ornament; overall: 33 x 29.2 cm (13 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.271
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150873
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Tunic Fragment with Segmentum, c. 500. Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Coptic-style weaver(s). Wool, linen, and dye; overall: 34 x 29.2 cm (13 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1982.270
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Human figures with fish tails are woven into the border of this medallion.
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 07:47:16.935000
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150874
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Wool: tabby ground, inwoven tapestry ornament
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