 IAA Number: 1993-205/2
 | Object's Name: Fleece
Period: Middle Roman (70-135 CE)
Material: Wool
Site: Nahal Hever
Lenght: 23 cm
Wide: 17 cm
Height: 7 cm
Description: Purple wool fleece that found with balls of wool and other woman's
property like mirror, cosmetic box, beads and whorl. The purple hue
was produced by double dyeing with two plants to imitation the most
expensive dye that produced from the murex sea snail.
Bibliography: Yadin Y. 1963. The Find from the Bar Kokhba Period in the Cave of Letters.. Jerusalem, 182-188, Pl. 59.
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