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In a rare depiction of Hebrew clothing, King Jehu, or possibly Jehu's ambassador, kneels at the feet of Shalmaneser III on the Black Obelisk, circa 850 BC.. The clothing of the people in biblical times was made from wool, linen, animal skins, and perhaps silk.
Armor of Achilles, created by Hephaestus and said to be impenetrable. (Greek mythology) Armor of Beowulf, a mail shirt made by Wayland the Smith. (Anglo-Saxon mythology) Armor of Örvar-Oddr, an impenetrable "silken mailcoat". (Norse mythology) Babr-e Bayan, a suit of armor that Rostam wore in wars described in the Persian epic Shahnameh. The ...
The sudra (Aramaic: סודרא suḏārā; Hebrew: סוּדָר sudār) is a rectangular piece of cloth that has been worn as a headdress, scarf, or neckerchief in ancient Jewish tradition. [1] Over time, it held many different functions and is today sometimes understood to be of great cultural and/or religious significance to Jews.
The priestly undergarments (Biblical Hebrew: מִכְנְסֵי־בָד, romanized: miḵnəsē-ḇāḏ) were "linen breeches" worn by the priests and the High Priest in ancient Israel. They reached from the waist to the knees and so were not visible, being entirely hidden by the priestly tunic.
It was a folded-over cloth garment embedded with 12 different gemstones, each inscribed with the name of a tribe of Israel. [11] In both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, the word 'breastplate' is used figuratively to describe protecting oneself from unrighteousness. [12]
Artist's conception of Jewish high priest wearing a hoshen in ancient Judah. According to the Biblical description, the twelve jewels in the breastplate were each to be made from specific minerals, none identical to another, and each of them representative of a specific tribe, whose name was to be inscribed on the stone.
This is derived from the fact that Hebrew word Mitznefet comes from the root "to wrap." This turban was likely only worn in the context of the priesthood and is cited in Exodus 27:20–30. Pe’er mentioned in Ezekiel 24: 17;23. In verse 17, Ezekiel commands the Israelites to “wrap their” Pe’ers around their heads.
Images of the custom have been found on several ancient Near East inscriptions in contexts suggesting that it was practiced across the Near East. [61] While Numbers 15:37–41 uses the Hebrew tzitzit, Deuteronomy 22:12 employs the plural form of gadil, which is an Akkadian loanword for a 'cord' or