Tin
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
Take four parts of "Qala'i" tin and cast mercury upon it like it [in weight]. If it mixes, grind it on a slab until it becomes like kohl. Wash it with water and salt gently until its blackness and dirt come out. Then add much gum to it and write with it as you wish with a brush, and burnish it with a cowrie shell.
Original Recipe Text
Take four parts of "Qala'i" tin and cast mercury upon it like it [in weight]. If it mixes, grind it on a slab until it becomes like kohl. Wash it with water and salt gently until its blackness and dirt come out. Then add much gum to it and write with it as you wish with a brush, and burnish it with a cowrie shell.
Remarks
A recipe for ink resembling silver, using tin, mercury, gum, and burnishing with a cowrie shell.
Scientific Analysis
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Metadata
Material Type
ink
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