Wine jar bung - Specimen details

Wine jar bung - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 26625

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Plant Name 200.00 POACEAE Hordeum vulgare Entry Book Number 13.1979.16
Artefact Name Wine jar bung Vernacular Name
Iso Country Egypt TDWG Region Egypt
Parts Held Wine jar bung Geography Description
Uses Wine jar bungUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Archaeological Related Items
Donor Hepper FN Donor No 15
Donor Date 00/00/1978 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Fragments of a bung composed of finely chopped up chaff reed with seeds, held by some binding agent. G Martin UCL. Letter included from Hepper to Mr Hope of UCL, identifying plants as Withania and Hordeum. Withania is a drug plant of a sor, t and perhaps was included in the tomb for this reason.

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