Url https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/TellalianTextiles/item/2015 Title Embroidered Tapestry Square Description This black-and-white tapestry square depicts a central human male figure surrounded by sixteen stylized, encircled rosettes. The human figure displays traditionally heroic or warrior attributes: he is wearing a cape, and he holds a shield in one hand and a weapon in the other. The figure is squatting, perhaps in anticipation of battle. The weapon appears to be something of a blunt instrument, perhaps a rock or a brick.

Contrast this fragment with the superiorly woven example of Heracles subduing a lion, found on McMullen 2018.26. Date 7th-8th century Type Textile Spatial Coverage Egypt Temporal Coverage 7th-8th century Provenance Purchased at auction, Skinner, Boston, MA on 2 December 2006. Oriental Rugs, Lot #295. Repository McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Materials Linen and wool Dimension (in) 5.75 x 5.75 in Dimension (cm) 14.5 x 14.5 cm Accession Number McMullen 2018.27 Tellalian Number Tellalian 2006-00250 Donor Barbara and Donald Tellalian Exhibition History No known exhibition history Publication History No known publication history Conservation History March 2017: Windsor Conservation Center, Dover, MA Rights https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/ Public Domain --