Url
	https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/1987
Title
	Fragmented Tapestry Roundels
Description
	These two roundels, perhaps from a tunic, depict central nude figures holding fruit and shields, with each accompanied by a bird. The yellow, red, and green color scheme is typical of textiles from this period, as are the vegetal and animalian motifs. The artist attempted, with some success, to replicate the iconography in mirror image on each roundel. The figures, as well as the type of fruit, are ambiguous. Does this pair represent Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit from the Garden of Eden? Or, are they manifestations of the Greek goddess Persephone, who was associated with the pomegranate in Hellenic mythological traditions?
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Compare the color scheme and motifs to <a href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/24138/">83.486</a> at the Walters Art Museum.
Date
	5th-6th century
Type
	Textile
Spatial Coverage
	Egypt
Temporal Coverage
	5th-6th century
Provenance
	Purchased from Charles Dikran Kelekian, Ancient Arts, New York, NY on 25 November 1978. Provenance unknown prior to Kelekian family.
Repository
	McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Materials
	Polychrome wool on natural linen ground
Dimension (in)
	A: 5 x 5.5 in; B: 5.25 x 5.5 in
Dimension (cm)
	A: 12.5 x 14 cm; B: 13.5 x 14 cm
Accession Number
	McMullen 2018.2
Tellalian Number
	Tellalian 1978-00450
Donor
	Barbara and Donald Tellalian
Exhibition History
	McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College. Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire, 14 February - 31 May 2015. https://www.bc.edu/sites/artmuseum/exhibitions/rip/
Publication History
	Nicgorski, Ann M. “The Fate of Serapis: A Paradigm for Transformations in the Culture and Art of Late Roman Egypt.” In <i>Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire</i>, edited by Lisa R. Brody and Gail L. Hoffman, 153–66, plate 141. Boston College: McMullen Museum of Art, distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Conservation History
	No known conservation history
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/ Public Domain

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