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Dye, textiles, workshop, tribute, present, tradeCopyright (c) 2020 Juan Álvarez García
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Abstract
The topic of dyes in the antiquity has attracted a great interest by specialists along the historiography. For this line of research, Ugarit offers great study possibilities, from the textual as well as from the archaeological point of view. So then, dyes that appear more frequently in sources are blue, purple, red and green, each one with a set of specific materials and processes necessaries for being produced. Likewise, some structures have been identified with workshops where the manufacture of dyes was carried out. Furthermore, sources also talk about the international fame that these textiles achieved, because they were highly valued in foreign royal courts and distributed in diplomatic and commercial networks.
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