Panel with bacchic dancers

3rd-7th century CE
Early Byzantine Egypt

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	7 x 4 1/8 in. (17.78 x 10.48 cm)
Medium	Linen and wool
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Gift of the Marsden Hartley Estate, 1951.2.75.w
Accession Number	1951.2.75.w

For full citations see page for object accession number 1951.2.75.a. Close to yoke of famous metropolitan Museum of Art tunic, dated to the 6th century, See: Thomas, “Material Meaning,” p. 47, fig. 1-1.32. For figures under a similar arcade see: Thomas, “Material Meaning,” p. 48, fig. 1-1.33, in the British Museum. See Maguire, B15 to B19, pages 110-116, all now at Queens College Museum, see Woodfin.

Cataloger:Rebecca Corrie, August 26, 2020