ABSTRACT
The study of Elamite dress and textiles provides a view of the complicated world of Elam that supplements the more familiar archaeological remains of stone, metal, clay and ceramic. Elamite dress was divided into two basic categories, divine and human, and marked by archaisms but can also reflect cultural influences from outside Elam. By the late 3rd millennium BCE, Elamite-speaking people are the ruling elite in the lowlands of Khuzistan. Possible influence of works like the Marv Dasht beaker has been noted in seals of the Elamite "common style", now called "highland" or Anshanite, that appear in Elamite glyptic art directly after the time of Puzur-inshushinak. While the late 3rd millennium saw varied currents of influence from both Mesopotamia and Central Asia in Elamite dress, the earlier 2nd millennium BCE, the time of the sukkalmahs or grand regents at Susa and Anshan, saw the development of distinct forms of dress that would persist into the first millennium BCE.
