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Description: | Pottery neck of wine jar with hieratic inscription It says that wine came from a vineyard in the western Delta and was bottled in the 12th year of the reign of the king. In 3 pieces. 27.5cm long. From Amarna. Wine making in ancient Egypt to at least the early Dynastic. According to Plutarch it was the god Osiris who first taught the Egyptians to drink wine. The best wine came from the Delta region. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 1350 B.C.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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