Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 26560

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Plant Name 208.00 PINACEAE Cedrus sp Entry Book Number 39.1924
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Egypt TDWG Region Egypt
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Egypt, Africa, Northern Africa, Tel-El-Amarna
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Archaeological Related Items
Donor Prof F Griffith Donor No
Donor Date 00/07/1934 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Piece of wood (part of big plank in house 44.R.I) from near Tel-el-Amarna, 1300 BC. Prof F Griffith. This wood is not Cypress (Cupressus sp.) but has been identified as Cedar (Cedrus sp). An opinion cannot be given, from the structure of th, e wood, as to whether it is Cedrus libani or C.atlantica. L.A.B. 10.7.24. Letter 240, 1924: XVI p.17.

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