Dum nuts

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These four nuts of the dum palm are among a number of grave goods placed in the rich burial of a woman and child at Qurneh in Egypt, sometime in the 17th Dynasty. The woman may have been a queen.

The dum nuts are remarkably well preserved. They provide evidence of food considered appropriate for the journey to the Afterlife.

Texts, paintings, and, where survival is good, burials, all provide evidence of the food eaten by ancient Egyptians. The wealthy ate meat, poultry, and fish as well as a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, pulses, nuts, dairy products, breads and cakes. Beer and wine have also been found.

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• Online ID: 000-180-001-477-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland Part 2
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  
• Date: 2nd Intermediate Period: 17th Dynasty (around 1641 to 1539 BC)
  
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  • Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Qurneh. London: School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1909. 
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