Corner of a Linen Pall

Corner of a Linen Pall

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This linen fragment is the corner of one of two palls that covered coffin III in the tomb of Hatnefer. It is inscribed in ink with the words "Treasury of Truth," or perhaps "True Treasury," and has a woven linen mark in the form of a headrest. The pall was a loosely woven linen sheet 17 feet long (520 cm) and 4 1/2 feet wide (140 cm).

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.