Wreath of leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 26678 | |||||
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Plant Name | 101.01 SAPOTACEAE Mimusops schimperi | Entry Book Number | 19.1978.16 | |
| Artefact Name | Wreath of leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Egypt | TDWG Region | Egypt | ||
| Parts Held | Wreath of leaves | Geography Description | Egypt, Hawara | ||
| Uses | Wreath of leavesUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Archaeological | Related Items | |||
| Donor | British Museum, Botany Department | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 14/08/1978 | Donor Notes | Presented to the British Museum by H. Martyn Kennard | ||
| Collector | Flinders Petrie WM | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1888 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Wreath of leaves composed of the leaves of M.schimperi, and the leaves of the olive (Olea europaea). Found in a grave in the cemetery of Hawara, Graeco-Roman period. (c. 1st century BC.) To BM (Nat. Hist.) and transfered to RBG Kew in 1975, by John Lewes Esq. | ||||
| Determinations: | 101.01 SAPOTACEAE Mimusops schimperi Hochst. 104.00 OLEACEAE Olea europaea L. | ||||