Linen Pad from Wah's Mummy
Object type: Pad, very fine weave, hemmed, inscriptions removed
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: folded pad: l. 65 cm (25 9/16 in); w. 40 cm (15 3/4 in)
sheet: l. 308 cm (121 1/4 in); w. 115 cm (45 1/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)
Locus: over chest of Mummy
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920