Tapputi ( Tapputi ), also known as Tapputi-Belatekallim ( Belatekallim is the name of the palace caretaker [1] ), is considered the world's first chemist and perfumer . It is mentioned in Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets dating back to the 2nd millennium BC. e. [2] Tapputi worked with a researcher or researcher named (-) - nina (the first part of the name is lost). [3] ), and used flowers, oils, calamus , myrrh , distilled and filtered water in her work [4] . In addition, she was a palace overseer.
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| Scientific field | chemistry |
| Place of work | Mesopotamia |
| Known as | perfumer |
Notes
- ↑ Houlihan, Sherida & Wotiz, John H. (June 1975), " Women in chemistry before 1900 ", Journal of Chemical Education T. 52 (6): 362 , DOI 10.1021 / ed052p362
- ↑ Strathern, Paul. Mendeleyev's Dream - The Quest For the Elements. - New York: Berkley Books, 2000 .-- ISBN ISBN 0425184676 .
- ↑ Rayner-Canham, Marelene, and Geoffrey Rayner-Canham. Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century . 1st edition. Chemical Heritage Foundation, 2005. 1. Print.
- ↑ Levey, Martin. Early Arabic Pharmacology: An Introduction Based on Ancient and Medieval Sources. - Brill Archive, 1973. - P. 9. - ISBN 90-04-03796-9 .