Coptic Textile
500-700 CE
Benaki Museum
Details
Culture/Civilisation
Ancient Iran, Sasanian Empire
Theme
Later Civilisations of Land and Sea
Subtheme
Persia – Ancient Iran
Case Title
Ancient Persia
Display Location
Coomaraswamy Hall
Findspot
Egypt
Measurements
H. 37 W. 29.5
Accession Number
7001
Description
For over 1000 years, successive Persian empires impacted the cultures around them.
Few ancient textiles survive. This linen fragment from Egypt shows figures in Persian dress. The star suggests that the central figure was the Persian king. Around 620 CE, the Sasanian Persians conquered Egypt.
