Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.9.3.1

3.9.3.1

tāntsamprabodhayanti | te 'pa upaspṛśyāgnīdhramupasamāyanti ta ājyāni gṛhṇate gṛhītvājyānyāyantyāsādyājyāni

They (the priests) are wakened (towards morning). Having touched water, they proceed together to the Âgnîdhra (fire-house) and take the portions of ghee (for the Savanîya animal offerings). Having taken the portions of ghee, they betake themselves (to the high altar). When they have deposited the ghee,--