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- After washing, cloth was pressed to squeeze out water and then hung on beams to dry and combed, because mechanical pressing physically removed moisture and combing smoothed fibers to finish the textile.
After washing, cloth was pressed to squeeze out water and then hung on beams to dry and combed, because mechanical pressing physically removed moisture and combing smoothed fibers to finish the textile.
- Reliefs of Portus convey an industrial, busy harbor because they depict operational details—the lighthouse flame, arriving ships with complex rigging, tugboats, offerings by shipmasters, and attendants offloading amphorae—that together illustrate active maritime trade and labor.
Reliefs of Portus convey an industrial, busy harbor because they depict operational details—the lighthouse flame, arriving ships with complex rigging, tugboats, offerings by shipmasters, and attendants offloading amphorae—that together illustrate active maritime trade and labor.
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