artakān (Yellow Iron Ore, Ochre)
Persia
13th Century
Source: MINERALS AND FOSSILS, 175-194.
Recipe Details
Ingredients
Yellow Iron Ore
Preparation Steps
A yellow brittle stone which has been used as a pigment since the Palaeolithic period and which serves in the medical field for the treatment of skin diseases (p. 188).
Original Recipe Text
A yellow brittle stone which has been used as a pigment since the Palaeolithic period and which serves in the medical field for the treatment of skin diseases (p. 188).
Evidence
"A yellow brittle stone which has been used as a pigment since the Palaeolithic period"
Remarks
Sample Inventory No. K 3.15. Dimensions 75 x 55 mm, 215 g. Described as brittle. Citations include Ibn al-Baiṭār, Đāmi‘, vol. 1, pp. 20-21.
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Visual inspection
Physical measurement
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
ColorYellow
RegionPersia
Approx. Year1250
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