"Arabs, Persians and Ethiopians, 6thC" Topic

A pair of leggings display the same scene. Although damaged, together, much of the scene can be seen:
A battle between Arabs, Persians and Ethiopians. Coptic textile fragment, Egypt, late 6th or early 7th century, Musee des Tissus, Lyon, France
A battle between Arabs, Persians and Ethiopians. Coptic textile fragment, Egypt, late 6th or early 7th century, Louvre, Paris, France

The ruler sits on a throne with his sword held in a similar way to Sassanid scenes, e.g. the Strelka dish, displaying Khusrau I with his Court, 5th to 6th century AD

The horns on the throne appear (though less emphasised) in later arabic manuscripts e.g. Illustrations from Maqamat of al-Hariri, Bibliothèque nationale de France, manuscript Arabe 3929, (painted by al-Wasiti) 2nd quarter of 13th century

Druzhina
Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

Thank you for that, Druzhina. I've seen the Lyon example many times but the existence of the Paris parallel had escaped me. It gives us another Persian horse-archer on the left with a nice little cap.

The scene depicted is usually connected with Khusrau's campaigns in Yemen, of course.

Thanks Gurkhan, my guess would have been Iskander's fight with the Ethiopians in the Shahnama.

I didn't point out that the fragments in larger image of the legging in the Musee des Tissus had been displayed differently to the smaller image.

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers