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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon

CHAPTER VI
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Below the belt it was not made like a frock but lapped over in front, being in fact not so much a garment as a piece of cloth wrapped round the body.
Occasionally it is represented as patterned; but this is somewhat unusual.

[PLATE XXII., Fig.

3.] In lieu of the long robe reaching to the feet, which seems to have been the ordinary costume of the higher classes, we observe sometimes a shorter, but still a similar garment--a sort of coat without sleeves, fringed down both sides, and reaching only a little below the knee.

The worshippers who wear this robe have in most cases the head adorned with a fillet.

[PLATE XXIII., Fig.


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