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Then adding honey to the mixture it should be smeared on a thin sheet of lead. When roasted in a covered crucible, the lead gets a beautiful colour fit to be used for bedecking gods (*Rṇv* VII.31-34; XIV.81; XVII. 70.74; Ray, pp 138-139).