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Two fragments of silk woven in different patterns. Long narrow strip has spreading fleur-de-lys motifs upon a blue ground. Other fragment consists of blue and gold coloured stripes filled with stylized square and diamond motifs.

Two fragments of silk woven in different patterns. Long narrow strip has spreading fleur-de-lys motifs upon a blue ground. Other fragment consists of blue and gold coloured stripes filled with stylized square and diamond motifs.

Object Woven silk
Provenance Antinoe, Egypt
Site Rubbish heaps
Period Coptic; c. 7 AD. onwards
Material Silk
Subject Egyptology
Copyrights Bolton Council