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A Study on the Assyrian Costume Journal of Fashion Business Vol. 14, No. 3, pp.1~19(2010) A study on the Assyrian Costume Kim Moonja Prof. Dept. Clothing & Textile, Suwon University Abstract The Assyrians usually wore two types - the tunic and the shawl. These two types were worn alone, or in combination and changes were introduced by varying the proportions of the tunic or shawl. The tunic appeared to be of the sleeves are short and reaching to the ankles or shortened to knee length according to the rank. Assyrian shawl pattern can be divided into five distinct styless. Many of the styles were suitable for costumes to wear in religious plays and pageants. Fringed shawls were the trademark of forma1 Assyrian costume. The usual badge of rank was a long fringed shawl. Intermediate rank wore shawl with short fringes and lower grade wore no shawl at all. The military costume was comparative uniformity : conical helmets was regarded as Scythic in character, short, fringed tunics, wide belts or helmet, round caps and long tunics covered in metal scales, belted at the waist. Assyrian woman costume was the long tunic with fringed hem and a long fringed shawl or was a plaid tunic and wide belt over it. They wore gold crown and horned Cap and tiara, ugal (head-dress) and the most ordinary earrings were the drop and the cross shape and necklace was made of the coloured stones and bracelets ended with heads of animal was regarded as Scythy style or adorned with a rosette at the centre. Key Words : Assyrian, shawl, tunic. tassel, tiara I. introduction We must notice that the Assyrian industry and arts were affected by the general status of the The Assyrian Empire began its career of Assyrian empire at any given time; as a rule, conquest c. 11OO B.C. and the characteristic they progressed in a parallel manner to the costume seems to have reached its full political and economical development of the development by that date, also the style society. It is important to know that arts served survived practically unchanged until the the official needs of the Assyrian empire more overthrow of the Assyrians by the Medes and than anything else. Excluding some minor arts, Persians. 1) in general they were not at service of the Corresponding author; Kim Moonja, Tel.+82-31-220-2244 , Fax.+82-31-220-2535 E-mail:[email protected] 1 Journal of Fashion Business Vol.14, No.3 individuals or the society. The rest were linked times in history. It was named for its original directly or indirectly to the royal pa1ace or the capital, the ancient city of Assur. The term temple, particularly costumes and related items, Assyria can also refer to the geographic region major or minor. The elaborate study of the or heartland where these empires were centered. costume and their accessories provides the The Assyrian conquerors invented a new policy scholars with a clear idea about the human daily towards the conquered: in order to prevent life at any given moment in history. The study of nationalist revolts by the conquered people, the the Assyrian costumes is no exception. The Assyrians would force the people they Assyrian murals and sculptures from the conquered to migrate in large numbers to other referenced period provided detailed accounts of areas of the empire. Besides guaranteeing the the social life in the Assyrian society then. 2) security of an empire built off of conquered Simplicity was always resorted to in depicting people of different cultures and languages, fashion details, so that we tend to believe that these mass deportations of the populations in the original costumes were more complex than the Middle East, Mesopotamia, and Armenia, displayed by the sculptor. It is difficult to know turned the region into a melting pot of diverse with exactitude what articles of clothing were cultures, religions, and languages. Whereas there worn in addition to outer garments-particularly would be little cultural contact between the those, which covered the shoulders, the limbs conquered and the conquerors in early and the breast. Another feature overlooked by Mesopotamian history, under the Assyrians the the Assyrian artist was the depiction of folds on entire area became a vast experiment in cultural dress. But there is no doubt that the Assyrian mixing. 4) costumes represent a development from those The Assyrians must have had great of Babylonia. 3) organizational ability to have raised, equipped, The purpose of this study is reviewing and and maintained such large and efficient military researching the symbolic meaning and and governing forces. They left remains of vast classifying the types of the style of the Assyrian building projects at Nimrud (Ashurnasirpal II, Costume. 883-859 B.C.), Khorsobad(Sargon II, 722-705 The method of this study is deals with the B.C.) and Nineveh (Sennacherib, 705-681 B.C. characteristics of Assyrian Costume and divided and Ashurbanipal, 668-625 B.C.), whence came into the types according to the antique records the sculptures which are our chief source of and murals, reliefs, sculptures and tomb information about what they wore. 5) bequests. The characteristic Assyrian art form was narrative relief sculpture. Unlike the other southern Mesopotamian peoples, the Assyrians II. Historical background of had access to large quantities of stone, and Assyrian Costume their many carved reliefs have consequently survived well. These shallow carvings were used Assyria was a civilization centered on the to decorate palaces, for example, the Palace of Upper Tigris river, in Mesopotamia (Iraq), that Ashurbanipal (7th century B.C.). Its finely carved came to rule regional empires a number of reliefs include dramatic scenes of a lion hunt, 2 Kim Moonja / A study on the Assyrian Costume now in the British Museum, London. Winged palaces and temples. Their magical strength was bulls with human faces, carved partially in the intended to frighten away evil demons. The round, stood as sentinels at the royal gateways figure of a man with wings may be the (Louvre, Paris). Many of the artistic wall reliefs supernatural creature called an apkallu in found by archaeologists show the king offering cuneiform texts. He wears a tasselled kilt and a animals as sacrifices to Nergal, the sun God. fringed and embroidered robe. His curled This Mesopotamian god ruled the underworld moustache, long hair and beard are typical of and was known as the deity of war and figures of this date. Across the body runs pestilence. 6) Ashurnasirpal's 'Standard Inscription', which The palace was excavated by A.H. Layard records some of the king's titles and (1846-51) and by many later archaeologists. achistaments and is repeated on many of his Stone panel was one of a group found, out of stone reliefs. The inscription was cut after the position, somewhere between the palace of King figure was carved, as some of the details of Sennacherib (reigned 704-681 B.C.) and the decoration on the dress have been chiselled Temple of Ishtar, the principal goddess of through. 8) Nineveh. The panels may have lined a bridge or The Royal Tombs of Nimrud were first corridor used by the king when visiting the discovered in April of 1989 by an expedition of temple. the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage. The scene shows the king and his entourage The Tomb was located in the North-West Palace in formal court dress. The two figures on this of the Ancient city of Kalkhu (modern city of panel formed part of the king's bodyguard. The nimrud). The city of Kalkhu was a capital of the archer on the left is one of the lightly-armed Assyrian Empire for over 150 years until King soldiers who were probably drawn from the Sargon moved the capital to Dur-Sharukin Aramaic-speaking communities in and around (modern Khorshabad) in 717 B.C. The city is the Assyrian heartland, which the Assyrians had located 4 miles south-west of the Christian conquered. The Assyrians incorporated soldiers monastery of Mar Behnam. The first dig of this from all parts of the empire into their forces. ancient site was conducted by a British mission The spear-man on the right wears a turban over 150 years ago which uncovered many fastened by a headband with long ear-flaps, reliefs. Many Ancient Assyrian Tombs have been and a short kilt curving upwards above his found in the past, however the goods had all knees. His clothing tells us that he comes from been plundered and stolen. Two remaining around Palestine. 7) tombs exist; one in Berlin and one in its original The relief, carved on alabaster, was one of a location in the city of Ashur. The sarcophagus in pair which guarded an entrance into the private the tomb chamber contained hundreds of items apartments of Ashurnasirpal II, at his palace in including jewelry, vessels, ornaments, seals and Kalhu, the capital of Assyria. The protection of other goods. 9) the entrance to a building using magic was a long-standing tradition in Mesopotamia. Images of supernatural creatures were sometimes buried under doorways or set up at the entrances of 3 Journal of Fashion Business Vol.14, No.3 III. The style of have the tunic worn alone without the shawl the Assyrian Costume draperies. The most common material for clothing was Both men and women wore the same wool, although linen had been known from an costume, but with variations. They, too, used early period and was often used for embroidery, which became known as “ better-quality garments. Cotton did not become Babylonian work.” These were brilliantly colored available until Sennacherib introduced it into fabrics; royalty trimmed their garments with Assyria in about 700 BC, from which time it was gold.
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