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title: Making of Silver from Tutia
title_greek: Ποίησις ἐκ τουτίας ἀργύρου
author: Zosimus of Panopolis
eul_wid: tyc-bh
eul_aid: tyc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-silver-tutia-tyc-bh"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Making of Silver from Tutia

*Ποίησις ἐκ τουτίας ἀργύρου*

**Author:** Zosimus of Panopolis

**eul_wid:** `tyc-bh` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-silver-tutia-tyc-bh)

## Text

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ΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ ΕΚ ΤΟΥΤΙΑΣ ΑΡΓΥΡΟΥ 〈Λαβὼν〉 τουτίας ϛ γ κʹ, τρίψον ἕως ἂν γένηται χρυσός· καὶ θείου ἀπύρου ϛ γ εʹ, τρίψον ἕως ἂν γένηται μόλυβδος. Εἶτα ὠῶν ϛʹ λευκὰ λαβὼν, σμήξας, βάλε εἰς βικίον, καὶ ἕψει νυχθήμερα βʹ. Καὶ ἐκβα .

### 2.228

λὼν ἐὰν κόπτηται, αὖθις βαλὼν ἕψει ἡμέραν αʹ. Εἶτα λαβὼν χαλκοῦ ϛ γ ιʹ, βάλε εἰς χώνην· καὶ ἐπίβαλε ἀπὸ τούτου ⸔ ϛʹ· καὶ γίνε ται ἄργυρος.

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