Band fragment with figure

3rd-7th century CE
Late Antique Egypt
Early Byzantine Egypt

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	4 x 2 3/4 in. (10.16 x 6.99 cm)
Medium	Wool
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Gift of the Marsden Hartley Estate, 1951.2.75.c
Accession Number	1951.2.75.c

For full citations see page for object accession number 1951.2.75.a. Compares closely to works carbon-dated to between 4th and 7th centuries: Most importantly the decoration of a child’s green hooded tunic in the Metropolitan Museum of Art carbon-dated to between 430 and 620 CE, see Ball, fig. 1-2.5 and Evans and Ratliff, p. 169. See also De Moor, fig. 1, dated 340-550 and 11, dated 530-600. - Rebecca Corrie, August 12, 2020