What is translated as “Calamus” (transliteration: qanû țâbu, or “aromatic cane”) might well be cannabis, particularly if ancient preferences align with modern.

What is translated as “Calamus” (transliteration: qanû țâbu, or “aromatic cane”) might well be cannabis, particularly if ancient preferences align with modern. > If you prepare flowers, oil, and calamus as a salve, and you have tested the flowers of the calamus and its green parts, you set up a … and distillatory vessel… Here is a proposed etymology linking qanû țâbu to the biblical Qaneh Bosem to the modern Cannabis: https://www.xn--4dbcyzi5a.com/wp-content/PDF/EARLY-DIFFUSION-AND-FOLK-USES-OF-HEMP-SULA-BENET.pdf https://www.xn--4dbcyzi5a.com/wp-content/PDF/EARLY-DIFFUSION... Though see this discussion for appropriate nuance: https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/xoabeg/qanehbosm_possible_mistranslation/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/xoabeg/qa... And for more information: http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap2B/Assyria/Assyria.htm http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap2B/Assyria/Assyria.htm