Three Fragments with a Coptic Inscription
Object type: Textile fragments
Department: Islamic Art
Date: 810–1010 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
Medium: Tapestry weave in polychrome and undyed wool on plain-weave ground of undyed wool; a row of stitches in undyed wool below the top edge

Dimensions: Textile Fragment  A: H. 24 13/16 in. (31.4 cm)
                                  W. 12 3/8 in. (63 x 31.4 cm)
Textile Fragment B: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
                                  W. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Textile Fragment C: H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm)
                                  W. 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm)
Classification: Textiles
Geography: Attributed to Akhmim (former Panopolis)   Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
Accession year: 1890
Tags: Coptic