Ancient Babylonian Costumes

Clothing was hardly a practical necessity in North Africa and what is today the Middle East. Often a luxury item in these warm, humid climates, it became more essential as people's lives improved socially and economically. But even then, the drapery was light and tended to accent the body's shape rather than conceal it. The first part of this profusely illustrated and scrupulously researched text examines the evolution in apparel worn by Egyptian royalty, priests, musicians, manual workers, the ... [Read More]

"Al-Azya'e al-'Iraqiyya al-Qadima, al-Azya'e al-Sumariyya, al-Babiliyya, al-Ashuriyya" A beautiful quality book on the costumes of Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian arts, includes 65 plates. With English, French and Arabic script. Dr. Subhi Anqar Rashid, of the Directorate General of Antiquities collected the material from several sources for these drawings which are made by Mrs. Gabriella Sulyok, a Graduate of the academy of Fine Arts, Budapest.

This volume offers the transliteration, translation and selected copies of over 600 administrative documents on the textile industry in the Ebabbar temple at Neo-Babylonian Sippar. The documents are mostly divided in accordance with the former discussion presented in OBO 218. The aim of the new publication is to enlarge the data base for future studies and to create the possibility of checking and discussing the observations made in the first volume. Indices provide the names of garments and fab... [Read More]

Great issue of the Metropolitan Bulletin with sections on An Unfinished Tintoretto painting, Irish Bronze Age Weapons, Art of the Ancient Near East, and American theater costumes. 30 black and white illustrations / photographs of works of art, paintings, sculpture, metal weapons, dress and costuming for theaters of America, clay tablets, jewelry. Illustration of Renoir painting on the cover. Softcover. 32 pages. Measures 8 by 10 inches. Interesting bulleting, nicely illustrated.

Lilith is a modern goddess patterned after the deities of the Assyrian world. With the wings and feet of an eagle, her element is air, and her mystic vision is as sharp as the worldly vision of the eagle.