Fragment of embroidered linen
- Accession Number
- EC14
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Textiles case
- Object Type
- Clothing
- Period
- Byzantine Period
- Material
- Textile/fibres (Linen)
- Measurements
- Length: 254mm | Width: 114mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
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A fragment of embroidered linen. The embroidery is mainly yellow with some blue. It dates to the first millennium AD.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 16 Feb 2021