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The clothing of men and women at several social levels of Ancient Egypt are depicted in this tomb mural from the 15th century BC. The preservation of fabric fibers and leathers allows for insights into the attire of ancient societies. The clothing used in the ancient world reflects the technologies that these peoples mastered. In many cultures ...
Statue of Iku-Shamagan, King of Mari, wearing the Kaunakes. c. 2500 BCE.. A kaunakes [1] (Ancient Greek: καυνάκης, romanized: kaunákēs or γαυνάκης; Classical Syriac: ܓܘܢܟܐ, romanized: gawnɘḵā; [2] [3] Akkadian: 𒌆𒄖𒅘𒆪 TÚG GU-NAK-KU) [4] [5] or persis was a woollen mantle associated with ancient Mesopotamia and Persia.
The use of leaves and flowers symbolize abundance in ancient Mesopotamian iconography. [10] Natural themes are present in archaic royal women's clothing across cultures because it alludes to females as fertile and bountiful creatures and promotes their role as the producers of successive generations. [11]
Skirts have been worn since prehistoric times. They were the standard dressing for men and women in all ancient cultures in the Middle East. The Kingdom of Sumer in Mesopotamia recorded two categories of clothing. The ritual attire for men was a fur skirt tied to a belt called Kaunakes. The term kaunakes, which originally referred to a sheep's ...
It is mentioned in various ancient and medieval Jewish and Christian religious texts in Aramaic and Koine Greek, written in or around the Near East. Among them are the New Testament , the Targum Neofiti , the Peshitta , the Babylonian Talmud (this text makes numerous mentions of the sudra and is an important source for the role it played in ...
A letter from the Babylonian king Hammurabi to Iddin-Sin's father Shamash-hazir. Iddin-Sin's letter was written in the Old Babylonian Empire in the 18th century BC [4] [5] around the time of Hammurabi's reign (c. 1792–1750 BC).
Various Ancient Egyptian clothes and jewelry including an undecorated tunic (1), a decorated sheath dress (5), a shendyt (2), a cape & skirt ensemble (13), one of the draping styles for the sari-like garment (3) Ancient Egyptian dress can broadly be divided into types of tunics, robes, skirts, and shawls, typically made of linen.
Later Mesopotamian jewellers and craftsmen employed metalworking techniques such as cloisonné, engraving, granulation, and filigree. The large variety and size of necklaces, bracelets, anklets, pendants, and pins found may be due to the fact that jewellery was worn by both men and women, and perhaps even children.