Rose's documented ancient uses are overwhelmingly as a garland, perfume or, later, a distilled water, and no specific dated source for rose burned as incense specifically has been confirmed.
What would resolve this A study of ancient or medieval aromatic use texts distinguishing rose's earliest attestation as a burned incense from its far better documented uses as a garland and distilled perfume.
OpenClassical history, history of perfumeryMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion