78 Lutz, Viticulture and Brewing. 



mention it. An Egyptian word, which could mean durra, has 

 never been found. See, however, Maspero, G., Bibliotheque 

 igyptologique , XXVIII, p. 252: "La dourah est originaire de 

 I'Afrique tropicale, et j'ai cru la deviner sous le nom de Di- 

 rati, Dourati dans une lettre d'afifaires ecrite vers le milieu de 

 la XIX dynastie" (i. e., Pap. Anastasi IV, pi. 13 Hne 12 and 



see also Loret, V., La Flore pharaonique, 2^ edit. p. 26, I44. 

 The w^ord is generally translated: "fine flour", Hebrew nbb' 

 Assyr. siltu, lAJa^^, to crush. In Coptic, however, appears 

 a word which may refer to the merisa, or merise of the Nu- 

 bians, a beverage which is prepared from durra. If this is 

 the case, it would still be a late evidence for durra-beer in 



Egypt. The Egyptian /izf'r, 2^ ^^ Qi hardly equals Coptic 



MpiC, FMnpiC, "musttim'-. 



Zosimus of Panopolis in the Thebais, a chemist who wrote 

 probably before the time of Photios, has left us a description 

 of the method of brewing beer amongst the ancient Egyp- 

 tians. He says: 



About beer-making 



"Take fine clean barley and moisten it for one day and 

 draw it off or also lay it up in a windless place until morn- 

 ing and again wet it six hours. Cast it into a smaller per- 

 forated vessel and wet it and dry it until it shall become 

 shredded and when this is so pat it (i. e., shake, or rub) in 

 the sun-light until it falls apart. For the must(?) is bitter. 



Next grind it and make it into loaves adding leaven, just 

 like bread and cook it rather raw and whenever (the loaves) 

 rise, dissolve sweetened water and strain (it) through a strainer 

 or light sieve. 



Others in baking the loaves cast them into a vat(.'') with 

 water and they boil it a little in order that it may not froth 

 nor become luke-warm and they draw up (= absorb) and 

 strain it and having prepared it, heat (it) and examine (it) 3". 



l) Mel. Ill, p. 89 ff. 2) Brugsch, WB, Vol. VI, 467. 



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