UNKNOWN WEAVER, Coptic
(active 5th century in Egypt)

Artemis and Acteon

5th century
Tapestry, 147 x 183 cm
British Museum, London

This undyed linen textile decorated with tapestry-woven coloured wools represeents Artemis with bow and Actaeon with reversed spear. The central dividing panel is decorated with dancing male figures within scrolls (floral border); the side panels are decorated with dancing figures within vine-tendrils.

This textile was found at Akhmim, Egypt.