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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
  • inscription: ...Α
    ΑΘΗΝ...
    ΠΑΡΗC

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
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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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