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σινδόνος is the general word, βυσσίνη gives the special material, ‘linen’; H. is right, as the bandages were universally made of linen (Budge, p. 190).

κόμμι. ‘Gum’ exuding from the acacia is mentioned, 96. 1. No doubt the finer sorts for embalming were imported.

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