Linen Pad from Wah's Mummy
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Title: Linen Pad from Wah's Mummy
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), over chest of Mummy, MMA excavations, 1920
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)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession Number: 20.3.203rrrrr
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