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Textile sampler. “Roman” type with an “architectural” ornament

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  • pic. 1) 1st C BCE, Noin Ula, Mongolia
  • pic. 2) 2nd-3rd century, Dura Europos, Syria
pic. 1) 1st century BCE, wool & embroidery; Noin Ula, Sutsdukte Fold, Barrow No. 6, Mongolia. In the Hermitage Inv. No. МР-1674
pic. 2) 2nd-3rd century, Dura Europos, woven wool. In Musée du quai Branly Inv. No. 71.1934.72.65

  • pic. 3) 2nd C, Shanpula cemetery. Photo after Krisztina Hoppál
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pic. 3) Roman-related textile fragment from Shanpula cemetery, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China; 2nd century
pic. 4) textile fragment from Shanpula, after ELLEN JOHNSTON LAING, Recent Finds of Western-Related Glassware, Textiles, and Metalwork in Central Asia and China

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pic. 5) A tunic stripe found in tomb number 2 at a site near Loulan. After ELLEN JOHNSTON LAING, Recent Finds of Western-Related Glassware, Textiles, and Metalwork in Central Asia and China