Show I 1 i this his Is the ike old oldest dressmaker s bill 30 a among the documents which have lately been discovered in Clr ildea la Is a tablet which may well be called the oldest dressmaker a bill in the world I 1 it was the custom of 0 the babylonian BabI onlan kings to present to the temple sets of robes for the use of the priests and pi this was usually done anery sear many of these lists are in the british museum the oldest hith alth orto known has been thit that of a king about 1460 1450 D B C ahe document now discovered Is however much older the tablet Is of and wi found in the ruins of a temple in the city of 0 eipur in southern ch aldei this temple was dedicated to the ghost god and hid a large pi lest hood attached to it irom from the st astle ae of the wilting which la is extremely archaic and from the ceilous of numerals employed the tablet it Is said cannot be of later date than 2800 B C it contains a list of nent two vestments which were ni ere ted to the temple by the king the name of the king is unfortunately omitted ahe ends with mith the words in all ninety uvo two vestments the bill list of the temple for the priests this year many of tho the words are unknown known and are doubtless technical terms employed by the modister modi stes of that among the items tire are twelve white tubes lohes of the templo temple eight robes of the house of his laj ten collars of the house of tits his lid ten pure gold coletis two white robes an item tohaid tow aid the he end of this curious bill I 1 our scented robes is suggestive of the pi sage in psalm alv in are mentioned the robes le ie dolent of anh in ri h and aloes and kissli it was evidently the custom in babylon to aci fume unie the robes as it Is at in india and persia this document is of value valle as showing the great development which had taken place in the textile arts in chaldea Cli aldea even een at that earl carl period |