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Bowls, jars and oil lamps from the Biblical period (Israel Museum) Shemen (Hebrew: שמן, romanized: šemen) is the most commonly used word for oil in the Hebrew scriptures, used around 170 times in a variety of contexts.
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
While sources agree about the identity of four of the five ingredients of anointing oil, the identity of the fifth, kaneh bosem, has been a matter of debate.The Bible indicates that it was an aromatic cane or grass, which was imported from a distant land by way of the spice routes, and that a related plant grows in Israel (kaneh bosem is referenced as a cultivated plant in the Song of Songs 4:14.
The Scottish Government has previously concluded work surrounding the policymaking process on "unconventional oil and gas development in Scotland" and have also worked to enhance the "oil and gas decommissioning capacity and capabilities through the Decommissioning Challenge Fund", which completed a total of three "successful application calls ...
The fair dates back to Saxon times and the major traders' market was recorded in the Domesday Book. St Bartholomew's Street Fair, Crewkerne is reputed to have been granted its charter in the time of Henry III (1207–1272). The earliest surviving court record was made in 1280, which can be found in the British Library. [citation needed]
Grangemouth Refinery is an oil refinery complex located on the Firth of Forth in Grangemouth, Scotland, currently operated by Petroineos.It is the only operating crude oil refinery in Scotland and currently one of the six remaining refineries in the UK. [1]
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From the 5th century on, north Britain was divided into a series of petty kingdoms. Of these, the four most important were those of the Picts in the north-east, the Scots of Dál Riata in the west, the Britons of Strathclyde in the south-west and the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia (which united with Deira to form Northumbria in 653) in the south-east, stretching into modern northern England.