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This roundel was cut from a larger textile that was found in the tomb. Though very damaged, the Greco-Roman influence is clearly visible in the figure’s hairstyle, his diverted gaze, and the geometric border of fragment. This textile and the traditional Egyptian coffin panel were found in the same burial; the two objects together represent the multiple ways Kharga peoples portrayed their cultural identities in the afterlife.
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Title: Dress Fragment
Date: 4th century
Geography: Made in Kharga Oasis, Byzantine Egypt
Culture: Coptic
Medium: Linen, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 × 16 9/16 in. (21 × 42 cm)
Framed (with 33.10.44): 45 5/8 × 86 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (115.9 × 220.3 × 4.4 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Costumes-Secular
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1933
Accession Number: 33.10.52
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