Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, And Persian Costumes And Decorations
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27 Fig. 28 C*- 118' Fig. 26a 49 ANCIENT ASSYRIAN COSTUME Plate XI. — This type of dress, which in the British Museum is described as worn by "a Mythological Figure in attendance upon King Assur-nasir-pal," ninth century B.C., might be dated about 1000 b.c., as follow- ing the usual custom of the ancients who dressed their sacred figures in the costume of some previous genera- tion as a rule, consists of a simple timic with short sleeves, and reaching to the knee, cut in similar fashion to the E...gyptian ; then a small shawl (Fig. 29b) is wrapped round the hips, beguining with the corner a on right hip, and passing the edge a-b across the front towards liie left and round the waist. The triangle b-e-f can be tucked in at waist-line; then the wide belt, probably leather, which is colom-ed buflF in the illustra- tion, is put on and kept ia position by the narrow belt, which is coloured red ; this belt is much better seen in Fig. 80. Lastly, the large shawl (Fig. 29a) has the comer b tucked in to narrow belt at left side of waist, and the edge a-b passed round the back towards the right side of waist upwards across the chest, and hangs down the back over the left shoulder.
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