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At this moment, I'm chiefly concerned with Israel around 1000-1100 BC, but also for greater periods of time and other cultures, too (more than one source is good. I've tried a few google searches, but haven't had anything worth while. Ideally, we'd like a book with illustrations (copies of carvings, drawings from carvings, things like that.)

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Clothes of the Ancient World (this is book 1 of 4 in a set, which ranges from ancient to modern times)

 

ETA: I pulled out our copy of the book & there is a 2-page spread of The Hebrews. Sections on those 2 pages are:

"Problems of evidence" (descriptions in the Bible are not always clear; religious law forbade carvings of humans; etc...)

"Early garments"

"Tunics and tassels"

"Material Matters"

"Greek Garments"

"Carved in Stone: Ninth to Eighth Century BC"

 

It includes drawings/illustrations of a high priest, a shell that holds makeup, tsitsith (fringed tassels), leather sandals from Masada, an illustration based on the "earliest surviving image of an ancient Hebrew. The man is probably a king and appears on an Assyrian obelisk that dates from the ninth century BC." Etc...

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Not sure, have you checked Dover books? They have lots of books, coloring books, I'm assuming you are familiar with Dover. Good source for homeschooling materials and I know they did carry fashion books for Civil War era and the 1960's. I'm sure there was more, that's all that comes to mind right now. Good luck!

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When I used to do theatre costuming, I used to reference Fashion-Era.com. They have an ancient clothing section that may be helpful to you. Here's the link.

 

Geez. Good luck with that. My best guess would be a woolen chiton variant.

 

 

Rosie

 

Clothes of the Ancient World (this is book 1 of 4 in a set, which ranges from ancient to modern times)

 

ETA: I pulled out our copy of the book & there is a 2-page spread of The Hebrews. Sections on those 2 pages are:

"Problems of evidence" (descriptions in the Bible are not always clear; religious law forbade carvings of humans; etc...)

"Early garments"

"Tunics and tassels"

"Material Matters"

"Greek Garments"

"Carved in Stone: Ninth to Eighth Century BC"

 

It includes drawings/illustrations of a high priest, a shell that holds makeup, tsitsith (fringed tassels), leather sandals from Masada, an illustration based on the "earliest surviving image of an ancient Hebrew. The man is probably a king and appears on an Assyrian obelisk that dates from the ninth century BC." Etc...

thanks! don't know why these didn't show first.

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