Re: Parthian royal ointment.....

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Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on February 02, 2000 at 05:46:54:

In Reply to: Re: Parthian royal ointment..... posted by Eliz. on February 02, 2000 at 02:43:17:

I think laudanum was what was meant (a few too many nnnnns there)(CCJ,
queen of errata)
That does bring up an interesting possibility....
Mummies and such have traces of opiates in them ... from that period
and there are goddess statuettes with opium poppy seed pods in their
crowns ...from that period ...
I'd always wondered why greasing (annointing) ones hair and beard
would be such a big deal and why royalty would be so willing to part
with so many sheckels to get this royal beard grease (holy
annointing oil) from ancient Arabia ...BUT... if the beard grease not
only gave one a great buzz, but was addictive too ... that would
explain why they bought it not only once, but repeatedly, and were
willing to squander so much money on it, and ascribe to it such great
magical import.
How easily will laudanum penetrate skin? .... or did they only lick
their lips after getting their moustaches greased?

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