Remarkable botanical remains from a new foundation deposit in the Hathor shrine of Tuthmosis III at Deir el-Bahari

• Authors: Beaux, Nathalie

Abstracts

EN

Numerous botanical remains have been found in a recently discovered foundation deposit of Tuthmosis III, in his Hathor shrine at Deir el-Bahari. Identification of 12 plants (cereals, fruits, branches and leaves) is proposed and the exceptional diversity of such finds is considered in relation to the known botanical finds from foundation deposits prior to Tuthmosis III.

Keywords

EN

Foundation deposit; Hathor; Thutmosis III; Deir el-Bahari; fruits; barley; leaves; branches

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 27(2)
• Pages: 71-82

Dates

published

2019-08-01

Contributors

author

Beaux, Nathalie

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.3197