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Po-Pu-Re: Workshops, Use And Αrchaeometric Analysis In Pre-Roman Central Eastern Mediterranean

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Kalaitzaki, A, Vafiadou, A, Frony, Α, Reese, D.S., Drivaliari, A, Liritzis, I·2017·Zenodo
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.160967
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Po-pu-re (porphyra) denotes the deep red/ purple colour delivered from sea shells extraction and processing of five species and conversion to dye has been practice in ancient world, especially in the Mediterranean Sea. Archaeological excavations have shown that murex was used in Greece and in other areas, such as Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Italy, Spain and generally throughout the Mediterranean basin. The colour of murex was priceless and used in wall-paintings and textiles. Many fabrics have been found in Crete, Egypt and Israel. Considering the ancient texts, including those of Plutarch, Pliny, Aristotle, Herodotus and Xenokrates, it has been shown that its identification can be advanced by studying chemical production of purple-dye, while using spectroscopy and chemical analysis the basic chemistry, the dibromoindigotin (DBI), is identified. The present report reviews major murex producing workshops in the Mediterranean and archaeometrical analyses that identify this marine shell.

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  • The identification of mollusk purple in Egyptian textiles is rare prior to the Roman Period.

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    The Introduction discusses purple dye from murex shells and lists archaeological samples from other regions, but it does not address how often mollusk purple has been identified in Egyptian textiles before the Roman period. Searches for Egyptian textiles, Egypt, and rarity found no passage establishing that comparison. (LLM, conf=0.70)

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Authors
Kalaitzaki, A., Vafiadou, A., Frony, Α., Reese, D. S., Drivaliari, A., & Liritzis, I.
Affiliations
  • University of the Aegean (GR)
  • Yale University (US)
  • Henan University (CN)
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Zenodo
Publisher
Zenodo
Published
2017-01-25
ISSN
1108-9628 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.160967
OpenAlex
W3214464841
Cited by
10
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Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3
FWCI
6.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
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creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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  • Mediterranean Archaeology & Archaeometry. International Journal/Mediterranean archaeology and archaeometry. International scientific journal (publishedVersion)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (cc-by)
Funders
National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences (ZD100)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Historical and Literary Studies
Keywords
Porphyra, murex shell, purple dye, textile dyes

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