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Dyeing vat


Dyeing vat

‎In antiquity, yarn was dyed in stone basins (here an example from Tell Beth Mirsim), wherein they were hung through the small opening. The dyes were mainly obtained from vegetation, such as saffron, mignonette, the peel of the pomegranate (yellow), madder, Henna (red), purpurin, woad, and from the Roman period on also indigo (blue). Colors from animals were crimson and purple, extracted from insects and muscles.
Job 38:14; Wisd of Sol 13:14

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