Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Textile roundel with jeweled cross

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Textile roundel with jeweled cross,

5th–7th century

Byzantine, Egypt
y1955-3267

Information

Title
Textile roundel with jeweled cross
Dates

5th–7th century

Medium
Wool and linen
Dimensions
14.3 x 15 cm (5 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.) support: 19 x 19 x 0.5 cm (7 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1955-3267
Place Made

Africa, Egypt

Period
Byzantine
Type
religious art, textiles, fragments
Materials
linen (material), wool (textile)
Subject
crosses (objects), crosses (motifs), birds

Museum purchase from Charles Kelekian, New York, in 1955.

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