#also thomas palaima's porphureion & kalkhion & minoan-mycenaean purple dye manufacture & use

[dapurinthos]

anyway:

- Organic residue analysis of pottery from the dye workshop at Alatsomouri-Pefka, Crete

suck on it, tyre.

AND:

KN X 976 from LMIIIA2 (prior to 1300bce); should be read as: “This many royal specialists are located at the purple workshop at da-*83-ja.”