Pad of Linen
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Title: Pad of Linen
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102), from chin over feet of Mummy, MMA excavations, 1920
Medium: Linen
Dimensions:
folded pad: l. 175 cm (68 7/8 in); w. 45 cm (17 11/16 in)
sheet: l. 262 cm (103 1/8 in); w. 87 cm (34 1/4 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Object Number: 20.3.203nn
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