Embalmer's Swab
Object type: Embalmer's Swab
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 22–26
Date: ca. 945–525 B.C.
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: L. 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Ramesside Temple Area
Locus: Birbiyeh No. 45 (Embalmers' cache II)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1935–36
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1935
Accession year: 1935