The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Fragment of Round Segmentum
400s–600s CE
Overall: 33 x 29.2 cm (13 x 11 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1982.271
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
Human figures with fish tails are woven into the border of this medallion.Description
Segmentum (medallions) like this decorated tunics in Coptic Egypt. Medallions were woven into a tunic’s shoulders or lower half. This medallion's design scheme displays waves encircling geometric shapes and representational images. It features a cross-legged dancer balanced on a vase with hands raised prayerfully. Other dancers clang cymbals while satyrs frolic below them. Coptic can refer to a language, an ethnic group, a religion, or an artistic style (which wasn’t always Christian). Coptic classical imagery reflects the Hellenized (Greek, 305–30 BC) and Roman cultures of Egypt (30 BC–AD 395) before the Byzantine era.- 1982(Mrs. Paul Mallon, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1982-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
- {{cite web|title=Fragment of Round Segmentum|url=false|author=|year=400s–600s CE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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