Roundel with birds

3rd-6th century CE
Early Byzantine Egypt

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	4 5/8 x 4 1/8 in. (11.75 x 10.48 cm)
Medium	Wool
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Gift of the Marsden Hartley Estate, 1951.2.75.v
Accession Number	1951.2.75.v

For full citations see page for object accession number 1951.2.75.a. Comparable red dark circle with flower clusters and rosette with red border and dark green center with eight inner petals and single center in tan and red can be found in Hoskins, plate 27, pp. 94-96, with references to comparable pieces at Cluny Museum, Paris. Excavation of the Cluny piece at Panapolis near Antinoe. See also: somewhat similar multi-color dark roundel in Maguire, as C5, p. 145. No dates offered. -Rebecca Corrie, August 26, 2020