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Natron

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A named Egyptian soda-salt of washing, glass, and mummification. Not table salt, and not nitre.

  • Natron is used in Medicine.

    Pliny’s Natural History treats natron among desert alkaline salts used in cleansing and mineral remedies. A Roman-era pharmacological use of the carbonate salt, not table salt and not alum as mordant alone.

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

    used in · sourced · documented

Egyptian religion

  • Natron appears in Egyptian religion.

    Herodotus’s Egyptian burial logos names natron among embalming minerals. A named natron in that traveler’s speech, not Pliny medicine alone and not a modern spa-salt dump.

    from Herodotus · Histories, c. 440s BCE

    appears in · sourced · documented

Roman religion

  • Natron appears in Roman religion.

    Pliny’s Natural History seats natron among soda salts of washing, glass, and craft chemistry in Roman encyclopedia speech beyond Egyptian mummification and pharmacy alone. A named natron craft seat in that encyclopedia, not natron-medicine-pliny already walked and not nitre as the saltpeter neighborhood alone.

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

    appears in · sourced · documented

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