TAA i.3.2.33
Typewritten and annotated report on botanical remains, page 25.
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
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Vitis vinifera L. <[>Vitaceae<]>; the cultivated grape (vine).
This vine is stated to be native in the Orient and N.W. India
(Willis). Grape seeds and withered grapes are present in
some samples.
<GDHub>
Grapes resembling raisins are recorded as occurring
among offerings to the dead in Egyptian tombs (Schw. 1), and
raisins are quoted as forming an ingredient of Kyphi (Tsch.)
<XX Dyn>
nos. 146(?), 1 seed; 348, 356, 368, 400, 484, 527B;
364, 371, 451, 518 B; 454, 476, 573C.