1975.41.32: Textile Hanging: The Judgment of Paris
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.41.32
- Title
- Textile Hanging: The Judgment of Paris
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Coptic
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/288792
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wool and linen
- Technique
- Tapestry
- Dimensions
- 84 x 79 cm (33 1/16 x 31 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: ...Α
ΑΘΗΝ...
ΠΑΡΗC
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inscription: ...Α
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
- Accession Year
- 1975
- Object Number
- 1975.41.32
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Commentary
- For comparison, see the Judgment of Paris scene on ivory pyxis in the Walters no 71.64 (5-6th century).
Publication History
- "Pagan and Christian Egypt: Egyptian Art from the First to the Tenth Century A.D." (1941), Brooklyn Museum, p. 75, no. 235, ill.
Verification Level
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