The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)

Table

20

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Ur III – ratio of warp/weft, size, weave, wool quality, time spent in production

Types Possible Warp/weft

Weight Length/width Weave

Size/time Wool quality

Notes

garments

ba-tab du

• 8

Wrap-around

1

to

4.

27

Twill or rep

Very good

240

days (

2 nd quality),

khu-um

garment, weaves

480

-^960

days (

1 st

Type

1

cape/shawl for

quality); Völling (

2008

)

the shoulders,

cites this as most

loincloth/skirt/

commonly found in

kilt, cap,

excavated contexts

guz-za

Wrap-around

1

to

5 ,

1.

7 –

3.

35

kg

3.

5

4.

5

m,

0.

5 m/day

4 th class

7

days (

4 th quality)

Type

2

garment, cape/

1

to

4 ,

4

4.

5

m

shawl for the

1

to

4.

2

(occasionally

shoulders,

6.

8

4.

5

m)

possibly a shaggy cloth

nì-lám

Wrap-around

1

to.

094

,

333

g

3.

5 

3.

5

m, Plain

0.

25

m/day

Best

For the king

’s bed

Type

3

garment, cape/

1

to

2.

25

4

3.

5

m, (balanced)

shawl for the

4.

5 

6

m, weaves

shoulders, (occasionally loincloth/skirt/

7.

5

m length)

kilt, cap

tá-ki-ru-um

Wrap-around No wool

2.

6 –

3.

5

kg

2.

59

1.

25

m Ur-centric,

Garshana;

Type

4

garment cape/

recorded

(small)

deities could be gifted

shawl for the

them

shoulders, cap

bar-dul

• 5
  U
  2

Coat or long

1

to

1.^25

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kg

up to

4

m (L)

Twill or rep

Very good

1 ,^080

days (

1 st class),

Type

5

cloak

weaves

77

days (

5 th class)

túg-mug

Heavy cloth

1

to

5 ,

1

to

7 ; Very

cheap

Type

6

or carpet?

weft-faced