Wreath of Flowers - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 26883 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 22.01 CARYOPHYLLACEAE Lychnis coeli-rosa | Entry Book Number | 19.1978.17 | |
| Artefact Name | Wreath of Flowers | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Egypt | TDWG Region | Egypt | ||
| Parts Held | Wreath of Flowers | Geography Description | Egypt, Hawara | ||
| Uses | Wreath of FlowersUse: 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: Wreath composed of flowers of L. coeli-rosa, petals of Rosa sancta L., berrie berries of Withania somnifera, Helichrysum stoechas and pith of Cyperus papyrus. Found in a grave in the cemetery of Hawara Egypt. Graeco-Roman period (circ.1st c, entury BC.) | ||||
| Determinations: | 22.01 CARYOPHYLLACEAE Lychnis coeli-rosa L. 58.01 ROSACEAE Rosa santa L. 88.00 COMPOSITAE Helichrysum stoechas DC. 114.01 SOLANACEAE Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal. 199.00 CYPERACEAE Cyperus papyrus L. | ||||