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Lutz, Viticulture and Brewing. 



ing" is written below the picture of the carriers. Those gra- 

 pes, however, which were not used for the making of wine, 

 were placed in flat, open baskets, which were then covered 



No. 5. Gathering grapes (after Wilkinson, The Ancient Egyptians). 



with palm leaves, or vine foliage. Tomb No. XIV in Sauiet 

 al-Meitin, which dates back to the sixth dynasty^ represents 





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No. 6. Vintage-scene. 



in one of its paintings the end of the vintage. The espaliers 

 are seen without foliage and without grapes. The workers 



i) L. D., II, 53 and in. 



