Textiles in the Neo-Assyrian Empire by Salvatore Gaspa

Author:Salvatore Gaspa
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2018-05-25T16:00:00+00:00

6.3.5Designations for parts of garments

The Neo-Assyrian textile terminology concerning parts of garments is very limited. From the extant attestations of these terms it seems that the interest of Assyrian administrators focused on a very limited set of parts of clothing items, presumably the ones that were considered as the most characteristic features of certain garments, such as fringes, edging, and decoration. However, the meaning of some of these terms remains unclear.

aḫāte. The plural term refers to sleeves of garments. Pieces of clothing for arms were also called by the compound word bēt aḫi (TÚG.É—Á.MEŠ) in the Neo-Assyrian dialect.2252 Only in a text from Ziyaret Tepe we find the logographic singular form Á.2253 The qualification ša aḫāte refers to ḫullānu.2254 The word aḫāte was also used in the Middle Assyrian period as an abbreviated form to indicate “garments with sleeves”.2255 Sleeves are treated as a separate item of clothing not only in 1st-millennium Assyria, but also in other regions of the Ancient Near East, as witnessed, for instance, by a 2nd-millennium document from Mari.2256 From a look at Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs it is clear that short sleeves characterized royal and, in general, male dresses,2257 while long sleeves were a characteristic of queen’s garments.2258

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