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The pattern is the same as on tunic no. 820-1903.","physicalDescription":"One-half of a sleeve-panel of woven silk in purple and drab.  The pattern is the same as on tunic no. 820-1903.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Woven silk","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"},{"text":"Africa","id":"THES49019"},{"text":"Archaeology","id":"THES48874"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2006AV9088","2011EU1931","2012FJ1601","2018KV7872"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"022","id":"THES312813"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Sleeve panel","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Akhmim","id":"x28714"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"6th century","earliest":"0500-01-01","latest":"0600-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the Reverend Greville John Chester","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"12","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"9","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"ZAXAPIOY","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"Zachary or Zacharias","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"The significance of the name Zachariou is uncertain. It occurs frequently on objects of this pattern; sometimes the name is Joseph. The suggestion that it is the name of the weaver is not likely, perhaps it is intended for the name of the rider, or of an official."}],"objectHistory":"Object found to be part of the same original silk as a piece now in the British Museum and also given by Henry Wallis, 1904.0706.41 (analysis undertaken by Barbara Köstner, Universität zu Köln, 2019). The two pieces had been cut apart and the join between the two matched perfectly; it is unclear when the piece was cut apart, however.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"part, woven silk, 600-899, Egyptian; Akhmim, compound twill, 2 mounted figures","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"B. Köstner, \"What Flaws Can Tell: A Case Study on Weaving Faults in Late Roman and Early Medieval Weft-Faced Compound Fabrics from Egypt\", <i>Egyptian Textiles and their Production: 'Word' and 'Object'</i> 7 (2020): 69-80"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[{"text":"Greville Chester","id":"C239"}],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"riders","id":"AAT188602"},{"text":"horses","id":"AAT162082"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"SILKS, 7th-9th century.\r\n1/2 weft-faced compound twill.  Warp / silk, proportion 1 main to 1 binding.  Weft of silk of 2 colours, 2 picks of each in turn.  Woven for use as dress trimmings.  The part of a sleeve panel with fringe includes the inscription<sup> </sup><i>Zachariou</i> (on the left in mirror image);  its signficance is uncertain.  This peice found at Akhmim, Upper Egypt.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["303-1887"],"accessionNumberNum":"303","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1887,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-07","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":true}}