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title: Child's Tunic from Byzantine Egypt
author: Brooklyn Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9084/childs-tunic-from-byzantine-egypt/
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updated: 2025-01-06
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# Child's Tunic from Byzantine Egypt

_Authored by Brooklyn Museum_

## Image File

[![Child's Tunic from Byzantine Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9084.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/9084.jpg)

## Image Caption

Child's tunic, made of wool and flax, with figural images, an example of Coptic fashion from the 5th or 6th century CE. Similar garments were worn throughout the [Byzantine](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Byzantine/) and early Islamic period in [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/), and are characteristic of early medieval [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) fashion. 
 
Brooklyn Museum.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, B. (2018, August 29). Child's Tunic from Byzantine Egypt. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9084/childs-tunic-from-byzantine-egypt/>
### Chicago
Museum, Brooklyn. "Child's Tunic from Byzantine Egypt." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 29, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9084/childs-tunic-from-byzantine-egypt/>.
### MLA
Museum, Brooklyn. "Child's Tunic from Byzantine Egypt." *World History Encyclopedia*, 29 Aug 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9084/childs-tunic-from-byzantine-egypt/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/25418) by **Brooklyn Museum**. Submitted by [Arienne King](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ava.spartan.117/ "User Page: Arienne King"), published on 29 August 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.