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Title: Sheet Folded into a Mattress
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102), sheet 1 inside coffin, MMA excavations, 1920
Medium: Linen
Dimensions:
folded pad: . 217 cm + 8 cm fringe (88 9/16 in); w. 58 cm (22 13/16 in); th. 4 cm (1 9/16 in)
Sheet: l. 19.76 m. + 8 cm fringe (777 15/16 in - about 21 1/2 yds)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Object Number: 20.3.223
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