Pad of Linen
Object type: Linen, pad, hem, inscription, print
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. 80 cm (31 1/2 in); w. 15 cm (5 7/8 in)
sheet: l. 330 cm (129 15/16 in); w. 105 cm (41 5/16 in)

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