Square medallion of undyed linen woven with mainly brown/purple dyed wool. Four red dots are woven in the centre. Roman-Coptic. Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1932. 6.5 x 5in. Such textile medallions were used to decorate tunics in the first millennium A.D. See Pritchard, F. 2004 'Clothing Culture. Dress in Egypt in the FirstMmillennium AD. Clothing from Egypt in the Collection of The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester.' Manchester.
