Sea life. Detail: Murex. (Updated over a year ago)

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ROMAN PROVINCIAL Anonymous (active c. 300 BCE - 500 CE): Murex sea snail produced a purple dye which was the most expensive dye in the Roman empire and the source of Punic wealth.

Tags: ancient , mollusk , mosaic , mosaics , roman , roman provincial , shell : sea

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 25, 2007.

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