ϩⲉⲗⲙⲏ1, ϩⲉⲣ.2 (once), ϩⲉⲣⲙⲉⲥ3 S nn m, used in Copto-Arabic dying recipe: Bodl(P)a 1 e ϩ.1 ⲛⲥⲟⲫⲟⲥ (var3 ib 3 43, cf ⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲥ., ⲟⲙⲉ ⲛⲥ., ϩⲙϫ ⲛⲥ.) ib f sim (var2 ib 3 17), ib e ⲕⲟϩ ⲛϩ.1 ⲉⲩⲟ ⲛϣⲓⲃⲉ (v ϣⲏⲃⲉ or ϣⲉⲛϥⲉ, var3 ib 3 44), ib c grind together gold & silver filings (ⲁⲗⲡⲟⲩⲗⲁⲧⲉ برادة), ϩ.1 & copper, ib e (ⲟⲩ)ⲱϣⲙ ϩ.1 ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ (sc hot acid, var3 3 48) ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲕⲗⲱ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥⲱ ⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ. Prob not = ϩⲁⲗⲙⲓ since ⲥⲟⲧ used here (ib a 1 a, b, f, a 2 51, 65), nor = ἅλμη (v last word). Perhaps = ἑρμῆς mercury (though ⲥⲁⲓⲡⲁⲕ زيبق ib a 1 g & in sim PChass; cf Berthelot Chim du Moyen Âge 2 6, 4–12, JA '93 2 295 ܗܪܡܝܣ; but ἑρ. arsenic PHolkham 63).
(noun male)
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used in Copto-Arabic dying recipe
Editor's note: dyeing
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670b
703a
703a
ϩⲉⲣⲙⲉⲥ v ϩⲉⲗⲙⲏ.
