Linen mark from the burial of Myt

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 105

Linen marks are usually short inscriptions written in ink on the corners of large sheets of linen. Some mention the names and titles of high officials, to whose estate the linen may have belonged or who were possibly overseeing its acquisition or production. The linen mark here probably belongs to this category. Other marks say nfr (good), which probably refers to the quality of the fabric. Occasionally, the name of the ruling king and a date are also written.

For Myt see 26.3.9a, b.

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