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Cinnabar (vermilion)

mercury sulphide

G/S?

yes

PP

Levant

yes

Cinnamon

Cinnamomum zeylanicum

G/S

PP?

Far East

Copper (bronze)

copper

G/S

yes

BA

Levant?

Corundum (ruby, sapphire)

aluminum oxide

G/S?

PP

Far East

Costum

Saussurea lappa

G/S

PP?

Far East

Cotton

Gossypium herbaceum

G/S?

yes

PP

Far East

Crimson (kermes)

Kermococcus vermillio

G/S

IA IIA

Levant, Asia M.

Cumin

Cuminum cyminum

G/S

BA

Aegean, Levant

Dates

Phoenix dactylifera

G/S

PP?

Levant

Eaglewood

Aquilara agallocha

S?

IA IIA

Far East

Ebony

Dalbergia spp.

*

G/S

yes

BA

Far East, Africa

yes

Egyptian Blue

calcium copper silicate

G

yes

BA?

Levant, Egypt

Figs

Ficus

spp

.

G/S

BA

ubiquitous

Fineware

N/A

G/S

yes

BA

Aegean

yes

Frankincense

Boswelia spp

.

G/S

IA

Arabia, E. Africa

yes

Fuller’s Earths

(various)

G/S

PP

Aegean

yes

Furniture

N/A

G/S

yes

BA

ubiquitous

yes

Galbanum

Ferula spp

.

G/S

PP

Mid East

Galena (*Antimony)

lead sulphide

Galingale

Cyperus spp

.

G

BA

Aegean, Levant

Garnet

garnet

G/S?

BA?

ubiquitous

Glass

silicate compound

G/S?

yes

BA

Levant Egypt

yes

Gold (coin)

gold

G/S

yes

BA?

ubiquitous

Grass, Lemon (*Calamus)Green Earth

celadonite

yes

PP

Levant

Gypsum

calcium sulfate dihydrate

G/S?

PP

Levant

Henna (camphire)

Lawsonia inermis

G/S

BA

Levant?

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