Chapter XIV · VEGETABLE REMAINS FOUND IN THE EXCAVATIONS (Pl. LXXIX) By Percy E. Newberry
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CHAPTER XIV VEGETABLE REMAINS FOUND IN THE EXCAVATIONS (Pl. LXXIX) By Percy E. Newberry
Fig. 1.Fig baskets composed of leaves of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera, L.).
Fig. 2.A. Some species of Compositae not identified.
B. Leaves of the Persea tree (Mimusops Schimperi, Hochst.).
C. Leaves of the Grape Vine (Vitis vinifera, L.).
D. Stones of the Balanites aegyptiaca, Del.
E. Fruit of the Persea tree (Mimusops Schimperi, Hochst.).
F. Fruit of the Sycomore Fig (Ficus Sycomorus, L.).
G. Young fruit of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera, L.).
H. Mature fruits of Balanites aegyptiaca, Del.
With the exception of the fragments of flower-stalks (Fig. 2 A) of some species of Compositae, the specimens figured here are all of well-known ancient Egyptian plants. Two of them, the Mimusops Schimperi and the Balanites aegyptiaca, are not now known in Egypt proper.