Sheet Folded into a Mattress
Object type: Sheet, mattress, coarse weave, tufted, torn, weaver's mark preserved
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: folded pad: . 217 cm + 8 cm fringe (88 9/16 in); w. 58 cm (22 13/16 in); th. 4 cm (1 9/16 in)
Sheet: l. 19.76 m. + 8 cm fringe (777 15/16 in - about 21 1/2 yds)

Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: sheet 1 inside coffin
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920