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Sea life. Detail: Murex.
4th c Roman Roman Provincial Mosaics
ROMAN PROVINCIAL Anonymous
(active c. 300 BCE - 500 CE)
c. 300-399
4th c
Mosaic
Roman Provincial
Mosaic
Carthage. Tunisia.
Tunis. Musée National du Bardo.
rom09035
Murex sea snail produced a purple dye which was the most expensive dye in the Roman empire and the source of Punic wealth.
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ROMAN PROVINCIAL | Sea life. Detail: Murex. | c. 300-399 | Roman | Roman Provincial
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