This woman, a captive of Sennacherib who reigned in eighth and seventh centuries , wears a long tunic, and over it a long shawl fringed at the two ends and measuring 50''x80''. To drape this shawl, place one corner under the left arm-pit and draw it across the back under the right arm-pit, wrapping it once round the body ; draw it across the back and up over right shoulder. A corner of the fringed end will hang down in front of the right shoulder from the book ' Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations ' by Mary Galway Houston and Florence S Hornblower, Publication
This woman, a captive of Sennacherib who reigned in eighth and seventh centuries , wears a long tunic, and over it a long shawl fringed at the two ends and measuring 50''x80''. To drape this shawl, place one corner under the left arm-pit and draw it across the back under the right arm-pit, wrapping it once round the body ; draw it across the back and up over right shoulder. A corner of the fringed end will hang down in front of the right shoulder from the book ' Ancient Egyptian, Assyrian, and Persian costumes and decorations ' by Mary Galway Houston and Florence S Hornblower, Publication date 1920 Publisher London : A. & C. Black, limited
Size: 2969px × 4122px
Location: Assyria
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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