Url
	https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/1995
Title
	Tunic Fragment A
Description
	This fragment, along with <a href=" https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/1996#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-32%2C-105%2C1062%2C1118 ">McMullen 2018.10.2</a>, is one of two matching fragments from the same tunic. </br></br>

Unlike the single <i>clavus</i> band of <a href="https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/2011#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-2492%2C0%2C6706%2C7059">McMullen 2018.23</a>, these fragments preserve both sets of <i>clavi</i> bands, with their attached medallions. As with <a href="https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/1990#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-63%2C-943%2C2124%2C2236">McMullen 2018.5</a>, the presence of such bands on a tunic would have indicated the wearer’s elevated social status. The intricate weaving of these two fragments suggest someone of particularly elite status might have worn this garment, and the cruciform patterns throughout the design, alongside the traditional animal and vegetal motifs, point towards a possible Christian influence. </br></br>

Compare this possibly Christian tunic with the similarly colored and styled, but definitely Dionysian/Bacchic tunic (<a href=" https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/447844">26.9.8</a>) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Date
	7th-8th century
Type
	Textile
Spatial Coverage
	Egypt
Temporal Coverage
	7th-8th century
Provenance
	Purchased from Paul Bernheimer, Bernheimers' Antique Arts, Cambridge, MA on 19 December 1981. Provenance unknown prior to Bernheimer.
Repository
	McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Materials
	Linen and wool
Dimension (in)
	17.5 x 17 in
Dimension (cm)
	44.5 x 43 cm
Accession Number
	McMullen 2018.10.1
Tellalian Number
	Tellalian 1981-01200
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 183. Boston College: McMullen Museum of Art, distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Conservation History
	Unknown month, 1982: Textile Conservation Center, North Andover, MA.
Rights
	https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/ Public Domain

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