Tyrian purple

Japanese: Tyrian purple(英語表記)Tyrianpurple
Tyrian purple

…Because this purple dye was so valuable and expensive, it was called Imperial purple, and also Tyrian purple after the port of Tyre (now Sur, Tyre in the Bible) from which it was shipped. Cloth dyed with shellfish purple extracted from the turban shell and the false abalone has also been excavated from pre-Inca ruins in South America dating back to before the 10th century BCE, and even today, in the state of Oaxaca on Mexico's Pacific coast, dyeing is still done with turban shells from November to March. …

From [Dyeing]

...However, it is believed that large-scale dyeing using natural dyes derived from plants and animals was already carried out in ancient Egypt before 2000 B.C. Tyrian purple, a purple dye obtained from Mediterranean snail shells, was an extremely noble dye in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Phoenicia. It seems that textile printing technology also originated in India, the birthplace of cotton, and was introduced to Egypt.

From the [Turotuburibora]

…Perhaps because of this, only nobles were allowed to wear clothes dyed with this dye, it was called imperial purple. It was also called Tyrian purple because it was sent from the port of Tyre (now Saida) in Phoenicia. However, it is not only this, but any shellfish of the Muricidae family can produce purple dye. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Tyrian purple" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このようにこの紫の染料は貴重であり,高価であったので帝王紫Imperial purpleといわれ,またそれを積み出したテュロス港(現,スール。聖書ではツロ)にちなんで,テュロス紫Tyrian purpleと称された。また南アメリカの前10世紀以前のプレ・インカの遺跡でも同じくサラレイシガイやアワビモドキからとった貝紫で染めた布が出土し,現在もメキシコの太平洋岸のオアハカ州では11~3月にサラレイシガイで染色を行っている。…

【染色】より

…しかし古代エジプトですでに前2000年以前から動植物性の天然染料を用い大規模な染色が行われたとされている。地中海産の巻貝から得られた紫色染料ティル紫(ティリアン・パープルTyrian purple)は古代エジプト,ギリシア,ローマ,フェニキアなどできわめて高貴な染料であった。捺染技術も木綿原産地のインドで始まりエジプトに伝えられたらしい。…

【ツロツブリボラ】より

…そのためか高貴な人のみがこの染料で染めた衣を着用することを許されたので帝王紫(英名imperial purple)の名がある。またフェニキアのツロ(テュロス)の港(現,サイダ)から送り出されたのでツロ紫(英名Tyrian purple)の名もある。しかし,これだけではなくアクキガイ科の貝であれば紫の染料をとることができる。…

※「Tyrian purple」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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