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Ancient Egyptian Artefacts

Rush sieve

Reed/Rush sieve

Catalogue no:

26528

Botanical classification:

CYPERACEAE Cyperus papyrus,             PALMAE Phoenix dactylifera

Donor:

British Museum (Natural History, Botany Department)

Donor date:

1978

Geographical origin:

Northern Africa, Egypt, Hawara

 

This sieve was found in a cemetery at Hawara and is made from two types of plants. The twisted parts of the sieve wound round the hard stems are made from Cyperus papyrus . The hard stems are of Phoenix dactylifera . The sieve dates to the 1st century BC, in the Greco-Roman period.

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