…These two spices were also produced in Somalia, on the opposite coast of East Africa. Frankincense is called lebonah in Hebrew, lubān in Arabic, and libanos in Greek, but it comes from the ancient Akkadian la-ba-na-tum, which means that the priest la-bi burns the solid resin na. It is an aromatic gum resin from the Boswellia plant, which produces an elegant smoke when burned, but has a sweet fragrance. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "libanos" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…この二つの香料は対岸の東アフリカのソマリアでも産した。乳香はヘブライ語でlebonah,アラビア語でlubān,ギリシア語でlibanosであるが,古代アッカドのla‐ba‐na‐tum,すなわち〈神官la‐bi〉が〈固形樹脂na〉を〈焚くtum〉意味から発している。ボスウェリア属の植物の芳香ゴム樹脂で,たけば優雅な香煙を出すが,甘美な香りである。… ※「libanos」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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