This 8th Century BC relief of a man playing a lyre is from the palace at Shamal. He is wearing a tunic with a girdle fastened by a clasp. Notice the tassles at the bottom dangling in groups of three. The prophet Jeremiah mentions the waistcloth: Jeremiah 13:11 "For as the wastecloth clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the Lord."
Waistcloth in Ancient Bible Manners and Customs
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