The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)

–– Rita P. Wright –– depicted on statuary, engravings on seals and sealings, and art works. For reconstruct- ing the production ...

hailed the development of special breeds for wool as significant a technological advance as domestication, as they made possible ...

weight sufficient for certain types of garments (Pomponio 2010 ; Waetzoldt 1972 , 2010 ). The wool standards and others for fini ...

(Baadsgaard 2008 : 293 ). Women wore them ankle length while men wore kilts that extended to the knee. Men sometimes wore a sash ...

A fourth type was a simple toga style that Foster believes was an innovation that enjoyed “a vogue at court.” It most likely was ...

Table 20 .^1 Ur III – ratio of warp/weft, size, weave, wool quality, time spent in production Types Possible Warp/weft Weight Le ...

Of the colors listed in Table 20. 2 , 90 percent were light, white, black, reddish- brown, and multicolored. Shiny yellow was us ...

The uses for felt are described in some detail in connection with the production of different objects (ibid.). Among them were m ...

outer coat of the animal where “springy wool” is found. This wool is the most easily spun. Two less fine types of wool are a med ...

weights (Barber 1991 ; Brumfiel 1991 ; Costin 1993 ; McCafferty and McCafferty 1991 ; Parsons and Parsons 1990 ; Ryder 1983 ). W ...

Warping the loom The warping process prepares the yarn for threading it onto the loom. This process is depicted on a cylinder se ...

THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION: PALACE, TEMPLE, AND PRIVATE ESTATE One of our best sources for the late Early Dynastic (ED IIIb) ...

women from former times and ten that were purchased. Of the original number of spinners, one became a leader of the purchased wo ...

subservient to the king” also affected styles of dress that ultimately resulted in shifts in the organization of craft productio ...

by the princess and her non-royal consort (Adams 2006 ). Some women workers appear to have been citizens of the town, while othe ...

In household production in ethnographic contexts, weaving, spinning, and other craft skills often are acquired through apprentic ...

have reached, on average, 135 , 240 workdays devoted to textile production (Algaze 2008 : 91 ). This massive scale was the basic ...

was of high quality, as the lady cautions the lady in Lagash to note “the quality or nature of the goods being sent and send app ...

documented to have accommodated 35 to 40 ton shipments between Ur and Lagash (Waetzoldt 1972 : 69 ) through which textiles were ...

BIBLIOGRAPHY Adams, R. McC. 2004. Reflections on the Early Southern Mesopotamian Economy. In G. M. Feinman and L. M. Nicholas (e ...