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Wreath

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Floral wreath placed on a mummified body of the Ptolemaic or Roman Periods, third century BC to third century AD. This was retrieved by the excavators of the cemetery at Sidmant, near Ihnasiya, the town site of ancient Henennesut (in Greek named as Heracleopolis). The range of flowers and their symbolism changed substantially in these later periods of Egyptian history, as a result of the greater contacts with India to the east and Europe to the north-west.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1910:379

Dating

GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site

SIDMANT EL-GABAL

Category

GARLAND

Material

UNSPECIFIED FIBER

Technique

TWISTED; TWINED

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