id:			129206
accession number:	1952.104
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.104
updated:		2025-09-13 18:37:55.062000

Roundel with Amazons, from a tunic, 600s-800s. Egypt or Syria(?). Samite: silk; overall: 22.2 x 23.5 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.); mounted: 31.1 x 31.8 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1952.104

title:				Roundel with Amazons, from a tunic
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creation date:			600s-800s
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		899
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt or Syria(?)
technique:	samite: silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 22.2 x 23.5 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.); Mounted: 31.1 x 31.8 cm (12 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Twain Shall Meet
	opening date:   1985-10-30T05:00:00
	<i>The Twain Shall Meet</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	title:		Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106
	opening date:   2016-04-12T04:00:00
	<i>Coptic Textile Rotation Gallery 106</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12, 2016-May 22, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	found in Akhmim, Egypt
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	(Mrs. Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 339, fig. 23
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 49, fig. 2.7; Mentioned: P. 46, 49
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