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Myrrh

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A Commiphora resin of the same trade world as frankincense. Medicine, burial, and offering have used it; those uses are local.

Arabia

  • Myrrh appears in Arabia.

    Myrrh belongs to the same resin trade as frankincense. Pliny lists aromatics; he is not writing a Qur’an commentary.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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  • Myrrh is used in Incense.

    Myrrh is burned and also used as a medicine and in burial. Those jobs should be kept distinct.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE; Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE

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  • Myrrh is used in Medicine.

    Dioscorides and Pliny list myrrh among drugs. A pharmacological resin, not automatically a burial spice in every culture.

    from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CE; Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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  • Myrrh is associated with Death.

    Burial uses of myrrh are attested in some Mediterranean and Near Eastern practices. They are local, not a universal “death resin.”

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

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  • Myrrh is historically related to Saffron.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, an antidote of athanasia consisted of saffron, cinnamon, lavender, cassia, and myrrh with honey — myrrh is compounded with that saffron.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Myrrh is historically related to Honey.

    In Culpeper’s English Physician, theriaca diatessaron takes myrrh with honey into an electuary according to art — myrrh is compounded with that honey.

    from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)

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  • Myrrh is historically related to Wine.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, the Arabic hepatic antidote of myrrh, costus, and white pepper was administered in new wine — myrrh is given in that wine.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Myrrh is historically related to Egg.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, Cleone’s gluten is an astringent formula of myrrh, frankincense, and white of egg — myrrh is mixed with that egg.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Myrrh is historically related to Cassia.

    In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, the sacred anointing unguent is compounded of myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus, and cassia mixed with oil olive — myrrh is compounded with that cassia.

    from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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  • Myrrh is historically related to Vinegar.

    In Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, a throat gargle adds white-wine vinegar with honey and tincture of myrrh after straining the liquor — myrrh is taken with that vinegar.

    from William Buchan · Domestic Medicine, 1791 (12th ed.; Gutenberg #74359)

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  • Frankincense is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, Cleoni’s gluten is an astringent formula of myrrh, frankincense, and white of egg — frankincense is compounded with that myrrh.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Galbanum is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, Manus Dei is an ancient plaster prepared of wax, myrrh, frankincense, gum ammoniac, galbanum, and oil — galbanum is compounded with that myrrh.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Benzoin is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, fumigating pastilles take benzoin with myrrh among the odoriferous substances reduced to a mass — benzoin is compounded with that myrrh.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Storax is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, emplastrum de Vigo takes myrrh with liquid and pure storax melted together before congealing — storax is melted with that myrrh.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Bdellium is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, mithridate electuary takes myrrh of Arabia with bdellium among the gums — bdellium is compounded with that myrrh.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Calamus is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, the sacred anointing unguent is compounded of myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus, and cassia mixed with oil olive — calamus is compounded with that myrrh.

    from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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  • Cinnamon is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, the sacred anointing unguent is compounded of myrrh, sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus, and cassia mixed with oil olive — cinnamon is compounded with that myrrh.

    from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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  • Cross is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, before crucifixion sufferings criminals were given a medicated drink of wine and myrrh — the cross ordeal is met with that myrrh drink.

    from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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  • Mastic is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, Burrhus’s spirit for diseases of the womb is prepared by digesting equal parts of myrrh, olibanum, and mastic in alcohol — mastic is digested with that myrrh.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Camphor is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Dunglison Medical Lexicon, Barthez pills compound aloes, myrrh, musk, camphor, and balsam of Peru - camphor sits with that myrrh in the pill.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Olive is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Watson’s Biblical and Theological Dictionary, the holy anointing unguent compounds myrrh with sweet cinnamon, sweet calamus, and cassia mixed in oil olive for priests and the tabernacle.

    from Richard Watson · A Biblical and Theological Dictionary, 1831–32 (Gutenberg #53884)

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  • Lavender is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Dunglison’s Medical Lexicon, an old hydrophobia antidote was formed of germander, agaric, colocynth, stoechas, opoponax, sagapenum, parsley, aristolochia, white pepper, cinnamon, lavender, myrrh, and honey.

    from Robley Dunglison · Medical Lexicon, 1874 (and earlier PD eds.)

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  • Woad is historically related to Myrrh.

    In Culpeper’s English Physician, a plaster takes woad with comfrey and horsetail among the herbs, and frankincense, myrrh, aloes, and mastich among the gums, finished with pitch and turpentine.

    from Nicholas Culpeper · The English Physician, 1652 (and later PD editions)

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Egyptian religion

  • Myrrh appears in Egyptian religion.

    Herodotus’s Arabian logos treats myrrh among aromatics beside frankincense. A named myrrh in that traveler’s speech, not frankincense as the keep-apart resin and not KF generic incense churn.

    from Herodotus · Histories, c. 440s BCE

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  • Myrrh is used in Egyptian religion.

    Plutarch’s On Isis and Osiris seats myrrh in the midday burn of the triple daily incense offering, and again among cyphi ingredients, burned on altars. A named myrrh cult use in that treatise, not frankincense as the sunrise resin and not a generic perfume dump.

    from Plutarch · On Isis and Osiris, c. 100 CE

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  • Incense is historically related to Myrrh.

    Plutarch’s On Isis and Osiris places myrrh inside the triple incense schedule and inside cyphi as the compound incense of sunset. A named incense–myrrh neighbor in that treatise, not frankincense as resin and not every aromatic as myrrh.

    from Plutarch · On Isis and Osiris, c. 100 CE

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  • Bitumen is historically related to Myrrh.

    Plutarch’s On Isis and Osiris names bitumen and myrrh together among cyphi’s sixteen ingredients in Egyptian incense compounding. A named bitumen–myrrh recipe neighbor in that treatise, not identity of the two resins and not frankincense as sunrise resin.

    from Plutarch · On Isis and Osiris, c. 100 CE

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Hellenic religion

  • Myrrh appears in Hellenic religion.

    Ovid’s Metamorphoses Book 10 turns Myrrha into the myrrh tree after the incest flight, with Adonis born from that bark. A named myrrh metamorphosis in that poem, not incense-offerings KF and not frankincense as the same resin.

    from Ovid · Metamorphoses, 8 CE

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