Mosso, A. (Angelo), 1846-1910 · London, Unwin · leaf 152
\\\ 142 : r/c - iXeipurra yvy)) (poiviKi j-iuiri] \ M//ojtt >/£ Kncfpa.^ Pliny, ix. 61. DRESS OF THE WOMEN 143 that these shellfish were brought up from the sea in fishing nets,and he says that they have usually seven spines ; in the Cretanvases we see seven spines indicated on the shell of… … FIG. 64.—VASE WITH DESIGN REPRESEXTIXG A NET WITH SHELLS OFTHE MOLLUSC FROM WHICH THE PURPLE DYE WAS OBTAINED. civilisation. At Palaikastro, too, deposits of murex were foundnear vases of the middle Minoan period. This year I fished up a number of shells of Murex trunculusin the port of Candia and…
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