IAA Number: 2014-9240
| Object's Name: Fragment Textile Period: Iron I Material: Wool Site: Timna` Lenght: 3.5 cm Wide: 2.5 cm Description: Fragment of red textile made by Madder
(Rubia tinctorum). The findings indicate that the society at Timna
was hierarchical and included an upper class. Bibliography: Sukenik, N., Iluz, D., Amar, Z., Varvak, A., Workman V., Shamir, O. and Ben-Yos 2017. "Early evidence (late 2nd millennium BCE) of plant-based dyeing of textiles from Timna, Israel", [PLOS ONE 12 (2017): e0179014]. PLOS One
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