{"id":166354,"date":"2021-01-29T22:42:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ancients-went-on-mollusk-murder-sprees-to-get-fabric-color\/"},"modified":"2021-01-29T22:42:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T19:42:24","slug":"ancients-went-on-mollusk-murder-sprees-to-get-fabric-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ancients-went-on-mollusk-murder-sprees-to-get-fabric-color\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ancients went on mollusk murder sprees to get fabric color"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Ancients went on mollusk murder sprees to get fabric color<\/strong>”
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Purple dye wouldn\u2019t cost you more than a few dollars these days, but in Biblical times, the rare color was worth more than precious gold.<\/p>\n

Now, archaeologists finally have evidence of how the color of royalty rose to prominence, in an ancient textile discovery made during a dig in the Timna Valley<\/a> in Israel, about 137 miles south of Jerusalem, BBC reports<\/a>. Previously found only in fragments of pottery, the latest finding is the first time the color has been detected on 3,000-year-old fabric.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s considered a \u201cvery exciting and important discovery,\u201d according to Israel Antiquities Authority expert Dr. Naama Sukenik, who co-authored a report<\/a> on the artifact in the Public Library of Science<\/a> journal PLOS ONE<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been working on this project for several years,\u201d Sukenik told\u00a0the Jerusalem Post<\/a>. \u201cThis study is very important for several reasons. First of all, remains carrying this color so often described in the Bible are rare, and this is the first time that we uncovered some dating back to the Iron Age.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn antiquity, purple attire was associated with the nobility, with priests, and of course with royalty,\u201d Sukenik said in a separate statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gorgeous shade of the purple, the fact that it does not fade, and the difficulty in producing the dye, which is found in minute quantities in the body of mollusks, all made it the most highly valued of the dyes, which often cost more than gold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sukenik said that while it\u2019s been long known that this dye existed \u2014 and that it was obtained by extraction from mollusks \u2014 this marks the first evidence of the color in fabric.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil the current discovery, we had only encountered mollusk-shell waste and potsherds with patches of dye, which provided evidence of the purple industry in the Iron Age,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, for the first time, we have direct evidence of the dyed fabrics themselves, preserved for some 3,000 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Textile-makers underwent painstaking efforts to source this color, biblically referred to as \u201cargaman\u201d in Hebrew. The process required a meticulous chemical process to extract the dye from the glands of three different mollusk species which are native to the Mediterranean, as described by ancient Roman historian Pliny the Elder. Scholars believe azure dyes were derived from the same process, with tweaks to yield the blue hue.<\/p>\n

Compared to readily available plant-based dyes, \u201cthe use of animal-based dyes is regarded as much more prestigious, and served as an important indicator for the wearer\u2019s high economic and social<\/a> status,\u201d said Sukenik. The color purple, in particular, is sacred per Jewish and Christian texts and worn by VIPs such as King David, King Solomon and Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe color immediately attracted our attention,\u201d said Erez Ben-Yosef<\/a>, archaeology professor at Tel Aviv University, \u201cbut we found it hard to believe that we had found true purple from such an ancient period.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carbon-dating on the unearthed fibers later revealed its heyday, about 3,000 years ago at around 1,000 B.C.E. \u2014 during the era of King David\u2019s reign over Israel and Judah.<\/p>\n

Found in a region devoid of palaces and other \u201csplendid buildings\u201d to commemorate royalty, Ben-Yosef instead suggests that kings of the era may have \u201cexpressed [their] wealth .\u2009.\u2009. with objects more suited to a nomadic heritage, such as textiles and artifacts.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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