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title: Alchemical Fragment
title_greek: Χημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Alchemist I
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eul_aid: rrg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/alchemist-i-fragment-rrg-bx"
period: Roman
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
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# Alchemical Fragment

*Χημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Alchemist I

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## Text

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σ[θ]ίουσιν. ἔστι δὲ ὅ[μ]οιος τῆι γινομέ[ν]ηι τοῖς σεληναίοις [ἀ]θηραι τοῦτον ἐ[κλέ] [ξ]ας ὥστε γενέσθαι [κ]οτύλην σμῆξον [σ]τυπτηρίαν ἣν οἱ [βα]φεῖς χρῶνται κο[τύ]λης (ἥμισυ) μετρῶν [ἁλ]ὸς κοτ(ύλης) δ’ η’ τρίψας [καὶ] μίξας πάλιν μίσ[γε το]ύτου μέρη β πρὸς [τὸ] πρότερον μέτρον [καὶ] ἕψε ἐν αὐτωῖ [τὸ ἀρ]γύριον ἕως [χρυσ]οῦς χρῶμα σχῆι. [ἄσημο]ν καθᾶραι μο[λίβου] μέρος α ἀσή[μου..]ο ισε ἔμβα[λε ἄση] μο[ν εἰ]ς καμι [νον......] . [........] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [20]

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