The Wines of tlie Ancient Orient. 1^ 



Ma- 



% r, /^ W 150a; T 121a; N 458H, that is, the 



reotic wine. 



One of the mo.st renowned vine-districts of Upper Egypt 

 belonged to the city of Diospolis parva, in the seventh nomos. 

 The most famous vineyard of Diospolites was that called s/tJ, 



^ '^^1. SfiJ is the name of a mountain situated in the se- 



venth nome, according to the investigations of de Rouge"-. 

 Brugsch later held it possible that the name s/tJ ma}- be 

 an oasis of the Libyan desert near al-Khargeh but there is 

 no reason why the results of de Rouge's investigations should 

 be doubted. A possible indication of viticulture at Diospolis 

 parva is contained also in the name of a certain district of 



Ht-shm, which is called knin.t, ^ ^^-^^ ^, i. e., "the vineyard", or, 



"the vine-domain". Brugsch, But. Geogr. p. I345: "Art thou 



not in Kum.t of Ht-shm (Diospolis parva) .^", V [ ^ 



AAAAAA OS, ^. The oldest reference to the wines of the 



oases of Khargeh (^J^^^, g^- fj^f"- M^. 



capital raj^) and Dakhel C^^^. capital jj ^ ^) 



is found in Osorkon's I. record of temple gifts'*. It reads: 



His ' tribute is (the produce of the oases of) Dakhel 



and Khargeh, consisting in wine and pomegranate-wine; Hemy 

 wine and wine of Pelusium^ likewise, in order to maintain 



his house according to the word thereof". The 



wine of Khargeh was of a very good quality; DGI, Tafel 89 



1. 3 :Qi^T /(/vww-C3i , "very good wine of Khargeh", also Brugsch, 



i) Cf. Diim., Kal. Ingchr. 103 "the vine-branches of sft.t flourish in their 



hands", TT^T ^^ A . . 9 '^ ^ "^ C ' '^ ^ ^ n '^^^ -"^^^ DUmichen , Die 



Oasen tier Libyschen Wuste, plates XV and XVll. 

 2j Text, geogr. du temple d'Ed/ott, p. 83. 

 3j See Naville, Bubastis, I, pis. 51 and 52. 



4) The name of the god is broken away. 



5) I. e., ^jn, {.iajn). 



