Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Kenneth:

I looked up "cupellation" in Google, and found many sites that explain
it better than I can in a message, so I would refer you there.

I looked up a second Google search for ancient silver refining, and
apparently until the mercury amalgamation technique was invented in
Mexico in the 1500s, cupellation was the only known method for
refining silver.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 10/29/06, kenneth greifer <greifer AT hotmail.com> wrote:
> In Psalm 12 and many other quotes in the Torah, the refining of  silver is
> mentioned. Can anyone explain how silver was refined in Biblical times. I
> tried to look it up and every article mentions cupellation, but none of them
> explain what it means or how it was done. Thank you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kenneth Greifer