Object Description
A large Egyptian Coptic textile fragment, decorated with black wool, known as a ‘tabula’. Comprised of a framing, geometric border, the tabula is made from a series of rectangular cells. Larger rectangles are situated in each corner, decorated with a dark brown hatched weaving. Interspersed between each one are smaller squares, decorated with either a small duck or animal. At the centre is a similarly large rectangle with hatched decoration. This decorative band would have easily been part of a tunic as a decoration.
Date: Circa 4th-7th century AD