Pad of Linen
Object type: Pad, complete folded sheet, worn, inscription (40.3.35) removed
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. 65 cm (25 9/16 in); w. 40 cm (15 3/4 in)
sheet: l. 270 cm (106 5/1/6 in); w. 100 cm (39 3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: on chest of Mummy beneath broad collar
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920