TAA i.3.2.28

Notebook
Botanical remains (TAA i.3.2)
Page number
28
Caption
Note for scientific publication on botanical remains
Creator
Leonard A. Boodle
Date of creation
October 1933
Material
Ink
Paper
Pencil
Measurements
25.3 x 20.1 cm (h x w)
Object(s) referenced (by Carter number)
255.a
299.a
Notes

Typewritten and annotated report on botanical remains, page 21. 

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                                                                                              21. 

 

               Salix Safsaf Forsk. <[>Salicaceae<]>. A Species of Willow,  

occurring in Egypt, Sudan and East Africa southwards to Transvaal  

and Angola (Herb. Kew.). 

          The specimens are leaves of this species from wreaths,/<.>  

and o/<O>ther cases have been recorded by Schweinfurth <x[?]> of the occur- 

rence of these leaves in ancient Egyptian tombs <(Schw. 1)><,> including one  

case in which they had been used with flower-heads of Centaurea  

depressa in making a garland. 

 

 

                               nos. 255a, 299a.