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Sheet with linen mark, coarse spin, medium weave

New Kingdom
ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

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Object Information
  • Title: Sheet with linen mark, coarse spin, medium weave
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
  • Reign: reign of Thutmose II–Early Joint reign
  • Date: ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), inside Basket "L", MMA excavations, 1935–36
  • Medium: Linen
  • Dimensions: Greatest length 1990 cm (783 7/16 in.); greatest width 151 cm (59 7/16 in.)
    Shortest length 1675 cm (659 7/16 in.); smallest width 147 cm (57 7/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.3.140
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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