Tappūtī-Bēlet-Ekallim ()} is one of the world's first recorded chemists.: "The earliest chemist known by name is thus a woman." H Wills et al (Eds.), Women in the History of Science: A sourcebook. UCL Press, 2023, p.15
She was a perfumer active in Assur during the reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I. H Wills et al (Eds.), Women in the History of Science: A sourcebook. UCL Press, 2023, p.15 As mentioned in a cuneiform tablet dated around 1200 BC, 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.
Tapputi was the head of a group of professional female perfumers and also was an overseer at the Royal Palace. She worked with someone named (—)-ninu (the first part of her name has been lost).Rayner-Canham, Marelene, and Geoffrey Rayner-Canham. Women in Chemistry: Their Changing Roles from Alchemical Times to the Mid-Twentieth Century. First edition. Chemical Heritage Foundation, 9 June 2005. 1. Print.
In popular culture Tapputi is one of the main characters of the animated webseries Super Science Friends.
See also Timeline of chemistry Timeline of women in science
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External links Tapputi Belatekallim at Girl Museum