Title: Knob from Wah's Coffin
Object type: Coffin knob, Wah
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Medium: Coniferous wood (spruce, cedar?), plaster
Dimensions: H. 9 × W. 9.2 × D. 6.1 cm (3 9/16 × 3 5/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102)  MMA excavations, 1920 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY