Bag of Natron from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Object type: Natron bag
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Medium: Linen, natron
Dimensions: L. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.); W. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); H. 3.6 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