Everything about The Sampul Tapestry totally explained
The
Sampul tapestry is a woolen wall-hanging that was found in Sampul, in the
Tarim Basin inside a 3rd-2nd century BCE mass grave.
The
tapestry represents a soldier, probably Greek, and a
Centaur. It is probably Greek work from Central Asia (
Greco-Bactria), using more than 24 threads of different colors in a technique typical of the West.
The soldier wears a tunique with motifs of rosettes. His headband could be a
diadem, the symbol of kingship in the
Hellenistic world, as represented on Greek coins. The presence of the Centaur as a motif, a typical element of
Greek mythology, floral motifs, and the realistic rendering further reinforce the identification of the soldier as a Greek. The tapestry was, curiously, fashioned into a pair of trousers, indicating that it may have been used as a decorative trophy.
The existence of this tapestry tends to suggest that contacts occurred from around the 3rd century BCE between the Hellenistic civilizations of Central Asia and the
Tarim Basin, at the edge of the Chinese world.
The tapestry is visible in the Xinjiang Museum,
Urumqi,
China.
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