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Wines in Ancient Egypt

Parts of the offering list on a coffin found at Sedment (tomb 2111) with listing of five different wines. The exact meaning and translation of them is not clear.


1: irp sm - sem wine 2: dswi n irp - vessels of wine 3: irp gswi - Imet wine (Nebesheh) 4: irp HAmwi - wine of Hamu (el-Burdan, Mareotis ?) 5: irp sinw - wine from Sile

 


 

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