Seeds from grave - Specimen details

Seeds from grave - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 26699

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Plant Name 8.01 NYMPHAEACEAE Nelumbium nucifera Entry Book Number 19.1978.24
Artefact Name Seeds from grave Vernacular Name
Iso Country Egypt TDWG Region Egypt
Parts Held Seeds from grave Geography Description Egypt, Hawara
Uses Seeds from graveUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Archaeological Related Items
Donor BM (Nat. Hist.) Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Flinders Petrie W Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/1888
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Seeds in a box from a grave in the cemetery at Hawara. c. AD 320. Found in wood box together with a coin of the age of Constantine (BC 340). Seeds with coats removed are the result of an attempted germination, Dec 1925. Seeds quite brown, inside but structure of radicle and plumule was preserved. AW Exell.

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