The triangular object on f76v

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In Problems, he also ponders whether smells are more like smoke or more like vapor....

Very interesting point.


Let's say for a moment it is scent. In plants, most of the scent comes from the flower, but there are aromatic plants like the mint family, the sage family, where just touching the leaves (or getting close to them) makes one very aware of the scent, and then there are the plants regularly used to make incense.

If it were incense, then a shrine-shaped cloud would be thematically consistent with spiritual/religious practices both then and now, since incense is regularly burned at altars, shrines, and funeral biers.