Tapestry weave with warp of linen (probably bleached) and welf of bleached and purple wool, weft wrapping, slanted weft. Overall 7 1/2 x 11 in., band 2 x 8 1/4 in., rondel 2 3/4 in. Literature: E.D. Macquire, Weavings from Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Egypt, The Rich Life and the Dance, University of Illinois, 1999, pg. 61, no. A18. Exhibited: Jerusalem, L.A. Mayer Memorial Institute for Islamic Art, Textiles from Egypt 4th-13th Centuries C.E., 1980; Urbana-Champaign, Krannert Art Museum, Weavings from Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Egypt, The Rich Life and the Dance, 1999.,