Roundel with Mounted Horseman Spearing a Lion
Object type: Textile fragment
Department: Islamic Art
Date: probably 7th–8th century
Medium: Silk; twill weave (?)
Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
W. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Geography: Attributed to Akhmim (former Panopolis)   Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
Accession year: 1890