Pad of Linen
Object type: Pad, folded sheet, tufted, weaver's mark preserved, inscription torn out
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: original pad: l. 80 cm (31 1/2 in); w. 55 cm (21 5/8 in)
sheet: l. 240 cm (94 1/2 in); w. 100 cm (39 3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: front of Mummy beneath folded arms
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920