freshly dried 150gr Labdanum- ladanum- ladanon

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In ancient times, labdanum was collected by combing the beards and thighs of
goats
and
sheep
that had grazed on the cistus shrubs.
[1]
Wooden instruments used were referred to in 19th-century
Crete
as
ergastiri
;
[2]
a
lambadistrion
("labdanum-gatherer") was a kind of rake to which a double row of leathern thongs were fixed instead of teeth.
[3]
These were used to sweep the shrubs and collect the
resin
which was later extracted. It was collected by the shepherds and sold to coastal traders. The resin was used as an ingredient for
incense
, and medicinally to treat colds, coughs, menstrual problems and
rheumatism
.
Ladanum was produced on the banks of the
Mediterranean
in antiquity. The
Book of Genesis
contains two mentions of ladanum being carried to
Egypt
from
Palestine
.
[4]
The word
loth
("resin") in these two passages is usually interpreted as referring to ladanum on the basis of
Semitic
cognates
.
[5]
Percy Newberry, a specialist of
ancient Egypt
, speculated that the false beard worn by
Osiris
and
pharaohs
may have originally represented a "ladanum-laden goat's beard". He also argued that the scepter of Osiris, which is usually interpreted as either a
flail
or a
flabellum
, was more likely an instrument for collecting ladanum similar to that used in nineteenth-century
Crete
.
[6]
Some scholars, such as Bochartus,
[7]
[8]
[9]
H.J. Abrahams,
[10]
and Rabbi Saʻadiah ben Yosef Gaon (
Saadya
), 882-942,
[11]
[12]
state that the mysterious
onycha
, an ingredient in the holy incense (
ketoret
) mentioned in the
Old Testament
(
Exodus
30: 34-36), was actually labdanum.