title: Mesopotamia in the early history of alchemy.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to draw attention to two small and fragmentary cuneiform texts which, in my opinion, throw light on a chapter of the history of science which has hitherto been hardly touched upon.
authors.affiliation: Univ. of Chicago
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Oppenheim
mesh_terms: D000422:Alchemy; D018436:Ancient Lands / Q000208:ethnology; D002621:Chemistry / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D055927:Cookbooks as Topic / Q000266:history; D057168:Distillation; D049690:History, Ancient; D008373:Manuscripts as Topic / Q000266:history; D008670:Metals / Q000266:history; D008903:Minerals / Q000266:history; D010944:Plants
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D008903:Minerals