THE ANCIENT HITTITES. 



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The dress of the men consists chiefly of a coat with short sleeves 

 reaching to the middle of the upper arm, closed around the neck, and 

 reaching- only to something above the knees, the lower edge being fre- 

 quently lined with fringes or a thick border. It is held together, 

 around the hips, by a broad belt beneath which there is indicated a 

 slit, slantingly running downward. Whether and how the legs were 

 clothed can not be definitely determined from the reliefs. In place of 

 this short coat there is less frequently found a long one, reaching to 

 the feet, likewise Avith short sleeves, closed around the neck and girdled 

 about the hips. Sometimes the belt seems to run, in an unexplainable 

 wa\', partly under, partly over the coat. This dress is connuon to 

 men and women. Witii the latter it seems sometimes to fall down 

 underneath the belt in ^ 



perpendicular folds. In 

 a few cases it is lined 

 with points and fringes. 

 Distinguished from it is 

 a long cloak which evi- 

 dently is worn over 

 the short coat described 

 above, as it seems, only 

 by persons of impor- 

 tance — priests or kings. 

 It apparently consisted 

 of a long piece of cloth 

 thrown over one shoul- 

 der and drawn around 

 the chest so as to form 

 a fold for one arm while 

 leaving the other free 

 and falling down on the 

 back. From the repre- 



FlG. 3. — Sepulchral inoiinmeut, fdiind at Marash, North Syria. 



sentations it is supposed 

 that this garment was made of artistic textures. The dress of the 

 women, descrilx'd above, Avas sometimes supplemented by a.piece of 

 cloth thrown over it, which can hardly l)e anything else than a veil. 

 It was in some manner fastened to the head gear, falling over it to the 

 feet and covering the entire back. The edge of the veil is ornamented 

 with fringes. 



The head gear of the men is generally a pointed hat, probably of felt 

 or leather and of cone shape. At the lower edge is a rim turned 

 upward. Occasionally it is decorated with perpendicular stripes, not 

 satisfactorily explained, and sometimes also with circular ornaments. 

 A variet}'^ of this pointed hat is one that terminates in the form of 

 a ball. Quite peculiar is the head gear of the women, consisting of a 



