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    with the right side exposing the skin and the breast. Sometimes spelled kaunakès, as in French. "Sedra". sedra.bethmardutho.org. Retrieved 23 February 2023...
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    Female statuette wearing the kaunakes. Chlorite and limestone, Bactria, beginning of the second millennium BC....
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    called Kaunakes. Kaunakes were made out this fleece-like textile on the exterior and the interior was made out of sheepskin. The length of the kaunake determined...
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    Sargon, showing Sargon with a royal hair bun, holding a mace and wearing a kaunakes flounced royal coat on his left shoulder with a large belt (left), followed...
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  • Female statuette bearing the kaunakes. Chlorite and limestone, Bactria, beginning of the 2nd millennium BC....
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    East and Egypt. The Sumerians in Mesopotamia wore kaunakes (Ancient Greek: καυνάκης, romanized: kaunákēs, ultimately from Sumerian: 𒌆𒄖𒅘𒆪 TÚGGU-NAK-KU)...
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    2020-05-04. Breniquet, Catherine (2016). "Que savons-nous exactement du kaunakès mésopotamien?". Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale. 110 (January):...
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    holds a water-jug au vase jaillissant. He normally wears a close fitting kaunakes, maybe made of sheep-skin, and a long tasseled dress. Only in one example...
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    the right hand. The figure's only dress is the Sumerian-style ceremonial kaunakes skirt. This elaborate fleece skirt appears to be made from animal hide...
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  • men were depicted with naked torsos, wearing only short skirts, known as kaunakes, while women wore long dresses to their ankles. The king wore a tunic,...
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    ritual attire for men was a fur skirt tied to a belt called Kaunakes. The term kaunakes, which originally referred to a sheep's fleece, was later applied...
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    in devotional postures. Male figures wear a plain or fringed dress, or kaunakes. The statues usually represent notables or rulers. They served as ex-votos...
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    Ur-Nanshe in different roles as king. In the top register he is dressed in a kaunakes (tufted wool skirt), carrying a basket of bricks on his head while surrounded...
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  • Adab in the 3rd millennium BC. He is not listed in the Sumerian King List. An inscription on the shoulder identifies him, and he is wearing the Kaunakes...
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    ruler of the city-state of Lagash, wears the typical dress of a devotee: a kaunakes fleeced skirt with a tassel in the back. He is clasping his hands at the...
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    An inscription on the shoulder identifies him, and he is wearing the Kaunakes. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul. Reign 26th century BCE Dynasty...
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    occurs in the latter, which remains uncertain. She is depicted wearing a kaunakes covering most of her body, though not the hands and the feet, as well as...
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