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Ancient Egyptian Artefacts

Grains of barley

Grains of barley

Catalogue no:

26630

Botanical classification:

GRAMINEAE Hordeum vulgare

Donor:

British Museum (Natural History)

Donor date:

1978

Geographical origin:

Northern Africa, Egypt, Kahun

 

These grains of barley were collected by W. Flinders Petrie in 1888. They date to the XII Dynasty. Mixed among the barley grains are weed seeds.

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