Cylindrical bag of sawdust from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Object type: Cylindrical bag of sawdust
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Medium: Linen, decomposed wood material (sawdust)
Dimensions: folded into two parallel rolls: L. 39.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); W. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); H. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
as one long tube: ca. L. 75 cm (29 1/2 in.); W. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); H. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54)
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Gift of Joseph Veach Noble, 1988
Accession year: 1988