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When were frankincense and myrrh first compounded into a single burned incense, rather than named or given together as a symbolic pair?

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The nativity account names the two resins together but does not describe them blended or burned as one compound, and a genuine combined incense recipe naming both resins together has not been located.

What would resolve this A study of ancient or early Christian liturgical incense recipes identifying the earliest instance in which frankincense and myrrh are compounded into a single burned mixture, rather than named or given as a symbolic pair.
OpenLiturgical history, history of pharmacyMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Encyclopedia of Religion
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Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the Source
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