Cylindrical bag of sawdust from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache

Medium

Linen, decomposed wood material (sawdust)

Dimensions

folded into two parallel rolls: L. 39.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); W. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); H. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.) as one long tube: ca. L. 75 cm (29 1/2 in.); W. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); H. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)

Classification

Cylindrical bag of sawdust

Period

New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Joseph Veach Noble, 1988

Accession Number

1988.437.1