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Statue of a male worshipper and the typical dress in Ancient Sumer. Ancient Sumer, between the periods of 3500-1000 BCE, was one of the first ancient civilizations to have distinct qualities that made it a civilization. Located in the Mesopotamian valley, Ancient Sumer was in the perfect location for trading and developing a flourishing society ...
Sumer (/ ˈ s uː m ər /) is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
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 ...
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; or persis; or Latin: gaunaca or gausapa) [4] [5] was a woollen mantle associated with ancient Mesopotamia and Persia.
The history of Sumer spans through the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BCE.
The Cambridge history of western textiles. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-34107-3. OCLC 48475172. Payne, Blanche; Winakor, Geitel; Farrell-Beck Jane (1992) The History of Costume, from the Ancient Mesopotamia to the Twentieth Century, 2nd Edn, HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-047141-7
Man carrying a box, possibly for offerings. Metalwork, c. 2900–2600 BCE, Sumer. Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]The Early Dynastic period (abbreviated ED period or ED) is an archaeological culture in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) that is generally dated to c. 2900 – c. 2350 BC and was preceded by the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods.
Lamassu at the Iraq Museum, Baghdad.. The goddess Lama appears initially as a mediating goddess who precedes the orans and presents them to the deities. [3] The protective deity is clearly labelled as Lam(m)a in a Kassite stele unearthed at Uruk, in the temple of Ishtar, goddess to which she had been dedicated by king Nazi-Maruttash (1307–1282 BC). [9]