The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)

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CHAPTER NINETEEN A NOTE ON SUMERIAN FASHION
 Lamia al Gailani Werr A rchaeological evidence is abundant from works of art: st ...

Dynastic ‘Figure aux Plumes’ limestone plaque from Lagash (Aruz 2003 : 68 , fig. 27 ). The figure on the plaque wears a net skir ...

2003 : 153 , cat. no. 92 a). From the statues it is not clear that a plain or a tufted garment indicates the social status of th ...

down to their chest, ending with a knot (Aruz 2003 : 74 , 33 ). In the lower register, the main figure is wearing similar attire ...

Pu-abi’s headdress was the most elaborate one found (Figure 19. 3 ). It, too, was made of gold and semi-precious stones. Gold ri ...

Military costumes Military ceremonies are one example of official occasions and are sometimes com- memorated on victory stele in ...

Figure 19.5 The ‘War’ side of the Standard of Ur, Early Dynastic III ( c.^2600 -^2400 BC ), Ur, southern Iraq (British Museum 19 ...

leather, and the round holes decorating the cloaks were either indicating metal studs or the leopard skin the cloaks were made f ...

However, unlike later periods where dress and crown separate the gods from mortals, in the Early Dynastic period, deities had si ...

soldiers are seen covering their heads with narrow helmets, possibly made of leather (Aruz 2003 : 201. cat. no. 129 a, and 204 , ...

garment that was the prevailing fashion. This is best seen on a worn seal in the British Museum depicting what appears to be a d ...

–– A note on Sumerian fashion –– Figure 19.8Impression of Akkadian greenstone cylinder seal (the ‘Adda Seal’) showing a number o ...

THE AGE OF GUDEA AND THE UR III PERIOD During the last phase of their political and cultural power, the Sumerians followed the f ...

Ur-Nammu on his stela is wearing the long fringed garment, is bearded and is wear- ing the brimmed cap. One difference from the ...

Deities follow the style already established in the Akkadian period: the male gods are depicted with long elaborate beards, thei ...

–– A note on Sumerian fashion –– Figure 19.11 Early Dynastic stele in the Iraq Museum (unprovenanced) ...

CONCLUSION Sumerian fashion was varied and differed throughout the Protoliterate, Early Dynastic, Akkadian and Ur III periods. I ...

CHAPTER TWENTY SUMERIAN AND AKKADIAN INDUSTRIES:CRAFTING TEXTILES
 Rita P. Wright R oger Moorey’s Ancient Mesopotamian Materi ...