Harvard Art Museums > 1975.41.29: Fragment of a Hanging: Amazonomachy Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragment of a Hanging: Amazonomachy , 1975.41.29,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/288816. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1975.41.29 Title Fragment of a Hanging: Amazonomachy Classification Textile Arts Work Type tapestry Date 4th-6th century Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient) Period Byzantine period, Early Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/288816 Physical Descriptions Medium Wool, tapestry woven Technique Tapestry Dimensions actual: 103.5 x 53.5 cm (40 3/4 x 21 1/16 in.) 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 1975.41.29 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Repeated scene of an armed man striking a seated figure inside medallions. Several smaller figures recoil from his action. Diaper pattern border along top. The textile in its current state is made up of several medallions patched together. Parts from at least 3 (possibly more) different medallions are discernable. Tapestry over one warp Warps: S spun whitish wool Wefts: S spun colored wool Commentary Scene depicted in the medallions could be Achilles killing the Amazon Penthesilea. The version of this scene on the Dura Europos shield is iconographically similar to the composition of the medallions. Version on the tondo of a 5th century BCE Attic red-figure kylix found at Vulci is also similar, with other people on the perimeter of the scene. Publication History "Pagan and Christian Egypt: Egyptian Art from the First to the Tenth Century A.D." (1941), Brooklyn Museum, p. 74, no. 234, ill. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
