Pad of Linen
Object type: Pad, complete sheet, hemmed, very good quality, linen mark
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: folded pad: l. 35 cm (13 3/4 in); w. 25 cm (9 13/16 in)
sheet: l. 330 cm (129 15/16 in); w. 110 cm (43 5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: opposite left lebow of Mummy
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920