Kyphi

Kyphi ( ancient Greek Κῦφι ) is a traditional evening incense in ancient Egypt and sacrificial incense for Egyptian gods . It was made in Egypt's own temple laboratories, reading from scriptures.

Kyphi is based on texts found in Egyptian temples as well as on texts by Plutarch . With the texts of Plutarch, the preparation of the kyphi can be traced fairly precisely. Some fragments relating to the making of kyphi have also been preserved from the Egyptian priest Manetho von Mendes . The other recipes - written in Egyptian hieroglyphics - could not yet be translated into modern language. Kyphi is a product of which numerous recipes are known in Greco-Roman antiquity and which was used both as a drink (e.g. in wine) and as a remedy for rubs. The number of ingredients grew from 10 for Pedanios Dioscurides to 50 for the Byzantine Nikolaos Myrepsos .

Mix 1:

• 4 parts incense
• 2 parts benzoin
• 2 parts mastic
• 2 parts of myrrh
• 1 part cedar
• 1 part galangal or ginger
• 1/2 part sweet flag or verbena
• 1/2 part cardamom
• 7 raisins
• 1/2 part cinnamon bark
• 1/2 part cassia
• 1/2 part juniper berries
• 1/2 part iris
• 1/2 part cypress
• a few drops of lotus flavor
• a few drops of wine
• a few drops of honey

Mix 2:

• 3 parts incense
• 2 parts benzoin
• 2 parts of myrrh
• 1 part juniper berries
• 1/2 part galangal
• 1/2 part cinnamon bark
• 1/2 part cedar
• 2 drops of lotus aroma
• 2 drops of wine
• 2 drops of honey
• some raisins

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Heinrich Otto Schröder: Publius Aelius Aristides. Holy reports. Winter, Heidelberg 1986, p. 27.
2. ↑ Plutarch About Isis and Osiris 80.