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Because Roman coinage was only 80% silver, the purer (94% or more) Tyrian shekels were required [3] to pay the temple tax in Jerusalem. The money-changers referenced in the New Testament Gospels (Matt. 21:12 and parallels) provided Tyrian shekels in exchange for Roman currency when this was required. [5] [6]
A deep purple solid, the compound is also known as Tyrian purple, a dye of historic significance. Presently, it is only a curiosity, although the related derivative indigo is of industrial significance. The molecule consists of a pair of monobrominated indolin-3-one rings linked by a carbon-carbon double bond.
Tyrian purple, also known as royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a natural purple-red dye which is extracted from certain sea snails, and which was first produced by the ancient Phoenicians. This dye was greatly prized in antiquity because it did not fade, instead it became brighter and more intense with weathering and sunlight.
The Tyrian municipality of Ain Baal is apparently also named after the Phoenician deity. [47] The most visible part of ancient and medieval history on the other side have been the archaeological sites though: The first archaeological excavations were by Ernest Renan in 1860 and 1861. [48] He was followed in the 1870s by Johannes Nepemuk Sepp.
The dates for the reconstruction of Menander's Tyrian king list from Abibaal through Pygmalion are established in three places by three independent sources: a Biblical synchronism (Hiram's assistance to Solomon in building the Temple, from 967 BC onwards), an Assyrian record (tribute of Baal-Eser II/Balazeros II to Shalmaneser III in 841 BC), and a Roman historian (Pompeius Trogus, who placed ...
Dor was the most southern settlement of the Phoenicians on the coast of Syria and a center for the manufacture of Tyrian purple, extracted from the murex snail found there in abundance. [8] Dor is first mentioned in the Egyptian Story of Wenamun , as a port ruled by the Tjeker prince Beder , where Wenamun (a priest of Amun at Karnak ) stopped ...
In western Polynesia, residents of the islands made a violet dye similar to Tyrian purple from the sea urchin. In Central America, the inhabitants made a dye from a different sea snail, the purpura, found on the coasts of Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The Mayans used this color to dye fabric for religious ceremonies, and the Aztecs used it for ...
Structure of Tyrian purple Structure of indigo carmine. The benzene rings in indigo can be modified to give a variety of related dyestuffs. Thioindigo, where the two NH groups are replaced by S atoms, is deep red. Tyrian purple is a dull purple dye that is secreted by a common Mediterranean snail. It was highly prized in antiquity.