Tapputi
Mesopotamian perfume maker
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Tappūtī-Bēlet-Ekallim (lit. 'Assistant of the Lady of the Palace')[a] is one of the world's first recorded chemists.[2] She was a perfumer active in Assur during the reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I.[1][better source needed] As mentioned in a cuneiform tablet dated around 1200 BC,[3] she used flowers, oil, and calamus along with cyperus, myrrh, and balsam, which after adding water and other solvents were distilled and filtered several times.[4]
She also was an overseer at the Royal Palace and worked with someone named (—)-ninu (the first part of her name has been lost).[5]
In popular culture
- Tapputi is one of the main characters of the animated webseries Super Science Friends
See also
Notes
- The 'Lady of the Palace' referenced is the goddess Bēlet-Ekalli.[1][better source needed]