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Chapter 2. Metals

J. R. Harris

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Lexicographical Studies in Ancient Egyptian Minerals

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© 1961 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5
CONTENTS 7
REFERENCES 8
Introduction 9
Chapter 1. General Terms 19
Chapter 2. Metals 32
Chapter 3. Building and Monumental Stones 69
Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Stones 83
Chapter 5. Semi-Precious Stones 95
Chapter 6. Pigments 141
Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Minerals 163
Chapter 8. Alum, Salt and Natron 185
Chapter 9. Earths 199
Chapter 10. Terms possibly representing mineral substances 211
Chapter 11. Terms mistakenly identified as mineral substances 218
Appendices I - VI 221
Addenda 230
List of Abbreviations 236
Indices 253
Unpublished texts 263
Backmatter 269

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5
CONTENTS 7
REFERENCES 8
Introduction 9
Chapter 1. General Terms 19
Chapter 2. Metals 32
Chapter 3. Building and Monumental Stones 69
Chapter 4. Miscellaneous Stones 83
Chapter 5. Semi-Precious Stones 95
Chapter 6. Pigments 141
Chapter 7. Miscellaneous Minerals 163
Chapter 8. Alum, Salt and Natron 185
Chapter 9. Earths 199
Chapter 10. Terms possibly representing mineral substances 211
Chapter 11. Terms mistakenly identified as mineral substances 218
Appendices I - VI 221
Addenda 230
List of Abbreviations 236
Indices 253
Unpublished texts 263
Backmatter 269

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