What did they look like? Fragments of clothing found in Didymoi: case studies

Publication of selected examples of the range of clothing textiles and garments discovered in the rubbish heap of the Roman fortress of Didymoi in the eastern desert of Egypt (1st-3rd centuries AD). Publication of the results of the dye analyses of the textiles, including a number of textiles dyed with true puprle from Muricids

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Source Didymoi - une garnison romaine dans le désert Oriental d'Egypte
Author Cardon, Dominique, Granger-Taylor, Hero, Nowik, Witold
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 5, 2026, 16:31 (UTC)
Created May 5, 2026, 16:31 (UTC)
Identifier ISBN: 978-2-7247-0582-9
Language en
contributor Histoire, Archéologie et Littératures des mondes chrétiens et musulmans médiévaux (CIHAM) ; École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon) ; Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 (UJML) ; Université de Lyon-Avignon Université (AU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Cardon, Dominique
date 2011-05-05T00:00:00
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metadata_modified 2026-02-17T00:00:00
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