Pad of Linen
Object type: Pad, complete sheet, hemmed, loose weave, torn, missing mark, freshly laundered
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: folded pad: l. 70 cm (27 9/16 in); w. 40 cm (15 3/4 in)
sheet: l. 285 cm (112 3/16 in); w. 108 cm (42 1/2 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: from instep to chest of Mummy
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920