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Terebinth

Pistacia spp

.

G/S

yes

BA

Levant, Aegean

Terracottas

N/A

yes

PP

Aegean?

yes

Textiles

(various)

G/S

yes

BA

ubiquitous

yes

Timber

(various)

G/S

yes

BA

ubiquitous

Tin

tin

G/S

yes

BA

Far East? West?

Touch stone

(see text)

G

PP

Asia Min.

Turmeric

Curcuma longa

G/S?

PP

Far East

Verdigris

copper acetate*

G?

PP?

Levant?

Wheat (

semidalis

)

Triticum durum*

G/S

PP

Levant

Wine

(various)

G/S

yes

BA

ubiquitous

yes

Woad (*Indigo)

Isatis

spp

.

S?

yes

BA?

ubiquitous?

Wool

wool

G/S

BA

ubiquitous

Key to

Table 12.2

:

-Under the heading “Text”: G = Greek textual attestations; S = Semitic textual attestations.-Under the heading “Arch”(aeological): “yes” indicates archaeological evidence.-Under the heading “Date”:  “BA” indicates the Bronze Age ending ca. 1200 BCE; “IA” indicates the early Iron Age (ca. 1200–600 BCE), and “PP” indicates the Persian period (ca. 600–300 BCE).-Under the heading “Cop’d”: “yes” indicates evidence for imitations of this item.

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