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Long, thin piece of fabric featuring a border design in reddish brown of an undulating vine with curled tendrils and three-petaled blossoms.

Fragment (Border)

Greco–Roman period (30 BCE–641 CE), 4th/5th century

Coptic Egypt

Egypt

Linen and wool, slit tapestry weave

Textiles