Pad of Linen
Object type: Pad, complete sheet, hemmed, mark missing, fine weave, 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. 50 cm (19 11/16 in); w. 15-20 cm (5 7/8-7 7/8 in)
sheet: l. 260 cm (102 3/8 in); w. 101 cm (39 3/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: On mummy between ff and gg lying over toes
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920