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The passage directly describes Tel Shiqmona's compound as the largest known Iron Age purple-dye factory in the Mediterranean. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Seasonal and multi-functional use of industrial space at Iron Age Tel Shiqmona, Israel · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:d01dba57684427c08703930e8bbf2cd77e787a6a4a39e5fd9e36f0ec1dbd74e1

the 8th-century BCE level of the industrial compound at Tel Shiqmona, the largest known Iron Age purple-dye factory in the Mediterranean and a state-controlled economic asset of the Kingdom of Israel.