An Assyrian Chemist's Vade-mecum

Abstract

I Append some suggested explanations for some of the receipts in an Assyrian text, of which several recensions exist, which may be considered as a vade-mecum for chemists.These recensions are:—A. K. 274 + 5986 (CT.. xiv, 42, cols, iii–iv) + 4163 (ib., cols, i–ii–iii, a new join) + 8764 (col. iv, copied afresh, a new join); the lower part of this tablet is K. 4140, B (ib., 42–3, cols, i–ii) + 14077 (ib., 33, joining col. iii, a new join).