Decorated wall plaster
- Accession Number
- W801
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Plants case
- Object Type
- Architecture, Architectural element, Wall, Surface plaster
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Material
- Plaster
- Provenance
- Egypt, Amarna, North Riverside Palace
- Number of Elements
- 1
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Licensing details
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- Description
-
A fragment of decorated painted wall plaster from Amarna showing a bunch of grapes. This is from the North Riverside Palace at Amarna and shows lotus flowers and grapes. It was published by Fran Weatherhead 2007 'Amarna Palace Paintings' p225 fig.120. Wine making in ancient Egypt dates back to at least the Early Dynastic Period. According to Plutarch it was the god Osiris who first taught the Egyptians to drink wine. The best wine came from the Delta region.
- Bibliography
-
Fran Weatherhead 2007 'Amarna Palace Paintings' p225 fig.120.
- Wellcome Number
- 153983
- Other Identity
- 44408 (Day Book 1972 p26 has wall plaster from Amarna in association with 15...and 44...)
- Previous Owners
- Egypt Exploration Society | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 02 Feb 2021