Coptic

Fragment

Roman period (30 B.C.– 641 A.D.), 5th/6th century
Linen and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming uncut loop pile and insets of slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with eccentric and supplementary wrapping weft details
25.5 × 26 cm (10 × 10.2 in)

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