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| Keywords: Coptic - Tunic - Walters 83484.jpg Given its small size this tunic was probably made for a child The ornamentation includes garlands birds and animals all popular motifs in Early Byzantine Egypt This type of tunic was worn by men women and children and dates from as early as the 3rd century The wool garment is woven in one piece with colorful decorative panels segmenta vertical strips clavi and neck and sleeve bands Beneath the chest panel is often found an inscription giving the name and social rank of the tunic's owner century 6 8 Late Antique wool cm 63 1 93 1 0 7 accession number 83 484 18468 Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters inscription below the collar Beyond the Pharaohs Egypt and the Copts in the Second to Seventh Centuries A D Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1989 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Textiles in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Coptic art in the Walters Art Museum Tunics Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
