Floral wreath

Floral wreath placed on a mummified body of the Ptolemaic or Roman Periods, third century BC to third century AD. This was retrieved by the excavators of the cemetery at Sidmant, near Ihnasiya, the town site of ancient Henennesut (in Greek named as Heracleopolis). The range of flowers and their symbolism changed substantially in these later periods of Egyptian history, as a result of the greater contacts with India to the east and Europe to the north-west.NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND
From the division of finds excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund in Sidmant. Given to the museum in 1910.


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