myrrh

resin produced by the Commiphora myrrha tree
ChemicalSubstance balsam Q203635
myrrh
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Summary

myrrh is a balsam[1]. myrrh draws 9,058 Wikipedia views per month (balsam category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: crude drug[3], herbal medicinal product[4]
  • Made from material: gum resin[5]
  • Has use: perfume[6]
  • Commons category: Myrrh[7]
  • Described at URL: https://www.editorialedomani.it/idee/cultura/nella-mirra-portata-dai-magi-si-incontrano-amore-e-morte-r2dg65qr[8]
  • Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], The New Student's Reference Work[18], Pauly–Wissowa[19]
  • Natural product of taxon: Commiphora myrrha[20], Commiphora molmol[21]
  • Exact match: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mirra_%28Dizionario-di-Medicina%29/[22], http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/mirra_%28Enciclopedia-Dantesca%29/[23]

Why It Matters

myrrh has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] myrrh is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ema.europa.eu. ema.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Enciclopedia Treccani. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Enciclopedia Dantesca. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 65
    Described by source → Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +9
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ang', 'ar', 'arc', 'ast', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 7w ago · Jerimee · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has use → perfume
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has use: perfume"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Socotrella dolichocnema
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q293033, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 4313
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 4313, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286466|myrrh (#107286466)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical "
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → gum resin
    Instance of → balsam, crude drug, herbal medicinal product
    Instance of → —
    Natural product of taxon → Commiphora myrrha, Commiphora molmol
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007555868705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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