The Wines of the Ancient Orient. 



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In preparing' this wine, the grapes were exposed to the sun 

 for a few days prior to pressing. Another new wine was 

 called "the smoked wine". "Three-leaf" wine (HDbT) "Q X-Tan 

 "^Bli: b Sabb 1 29 a) was the name of a wine pre ssed from the 



No. 2. Sennacherib before Lachish; vine-clad hills in tlie background (after 

 Gressmann, AUorient. Texte iind Bihie>\. 



grapes of a vinestalk that had borne leaves for the third time. 

 Simmuquii, i. e., the Psythia or Amniinea of the Romans, was 

 the name of a wine prepared from raisins. Klishi was a dark 

 red wine prepared from dark blue grapes. From the grapes 



