Note 3 — Chapter XXVI
P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) Renouf translation
The mead of amaranthine flowers. ḳaiu is the name of a plant which frequently occurs in the medical prescriptions. It is also mentioned among the aromatic plants () required in the sacred laboratory of Dendera. One of the kinds is named ḳaiu of the Oasis . It is identified with the Coptic ⲕⲓⲟⲱⲩ, amaranthus. In several copies of this chapter the name of the plant is followed by the geographical determinative , which is really implied in the context. Was this mythological ‘mead of amaranth’ suggested by the Oasis and its vegetation?
