# Panel with the Triumph of Dionysos [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN WEAVER, Coptic]() - Date: 0351-0400 - Technique: Wool, linen; tapestry weave, 22 x 34 cm ## Commentary Like most textiles from Egypt, this fourth-century panel may have been part of a ritual or festive garment. It was manufactured in the Early Byzantine period from undyed linen and purple wool in tapestry weave technique. Dionysos, the centre figure, rides a chariot drawn by two panthers. As the god of wine and intoxication, he holds in his raised right hand a characteristic bunch of grapes. Immediately adjacent to him caper two maenads \(female followers\). On his far right is a satyr and on the opposite side is an Indian captive in spotted pantaloon. This scene is meant to celebrate a stage in the god's legendary conquest of India, through which he achieves a triumph in this world and a place in heaven. ## Related artworks - [Artemis and Acteon]() - [Figure holding a Peacock]() - [Fragment from a Coptic Hanging]() - [Fragment of a textile]() - [Fragment of a textile]() - [Fragment of a textile]() - [Nereid]() - [Tunic]() - [Tunic with Dionysian Ornament]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()