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title: On Orichalcum
title_greek: Περὶ τοῦ ὀρειχάλκου
author: Alchemist I
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eul_aid: rrg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/alchemist-i-orichalcum-rrg-cn"
period: Roman
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
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# On Orichalcum

*Περὶ τοῦ ὀρειχάλκου*

**Author:** Alchemist I

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## Text

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ΠΕΡΙ ΤΟΥ ΟΡΕΙΧΑΛΚΟΥ 〈Λαβὼν〉 τουτίαν ἀλεξανδρινὴν καὶ τάρταρον καὶ κουκάλευρον, καὶ κόπρον, καὶ σύκα, καὶ σταφίδας, χύνε τὸ χάλκωμα, καὶ ῥεϊτεράριζε του πολλάκις με νέαν ἰατρείαν, καὶ γίνεται ὁ χαλκὸς ὡς χρυσός. Καὶ κρόκον βάλε καὶ κορκουμὰν, καὶ μέλι, καὶ ἄλλα κίτρινα· νόει κρόκους ὠῶν καὶ χολὴν βοὸς κιτρίνου ξηράν.

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