Melon Seeds

56.21.301

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Melon, Citrullus vulgaris. There are also three seeds of fig identified by Riccardo Andreozzi 29 October 2021. Collected at the pyramid town of Lahun by W. M. Flinders Petrie, 1889-90. Kept within a glass test tube with cork stopper. Annotation in black in on the cork by Percy Newberry: "Grape. Kahun XII". CONDITION NOTE 1998: White bloom on surface query mould? Dimensions are for the container.