A 7th- or 8th-century AD silk jacket decorated in Sasanian style, probably made in Uzbekistan & lined with Tang Dynasty silk damask from China: http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1996.2.1 pic.twitter.com/aSgbME1YV8
You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more
Thx anyway
I'm assuming some sort of climatic preservation, similar to the textiles from Late Antique Egypt? Accepted as genuine by Feltham in Sino-Platonic Papers, 206 (2010), who also includes another v well-preserved Sasanian/Sogdian riding coat from Tibet, fwiw :)
Yeah but context, dammit
I know :-(
I want to deport all non-archaeologists to Surtsey. No archaeology there. (-;
Well, that's one solution, I guess...! ;)
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.