SEMEN NIGELLI
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1810
label: Date made
content: 1775 - 1799
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This drug jar is marked "SEMEN NIGELLI". Nigella Satavia also known as black cumin is native to southern Europe, southeast Asia and northern Africa. The today its seeds are used as a condiment but as this drug jar shows they were used for medicinal purposes as well. Nigella was used as a tonic, astringent and for flatulence.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Pharmaceutical historian George Urdang attributed containers 1991.0664.0760 through 1991.0664.0825 to Hanau in the late 18th century based on the floral design surrounding the medallion and the initials "HN" on the bottom of many of the jars in the series. However, in a letter to museum curators dated August 1983, the pharmaceutical historian scholar Wolfgang-Hagen Hein wrote that the unmarked containers and those marked "FH" were made in Florsheim in the German state of Hesse.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0791
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 715
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0791
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 11 cm; 6 5/16 in x 4 5/16 in