Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

762 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS
of Khate is represented by an Egyptian artist as wearing a
pointed hat, while another king of the time of Rameses III.
(about 1 200 b. c.) wears a skull cap (or perhaps a bandeau).
Both head-dresses are found in connection with the kings of
Sculptures and Inscriptions near Ivriz
and a greater political influence.
the people of our inscriptions.
With them the
pointed hat is the older
fashion, as is proved by
the fact that it is worn
by the gods, even at a
time when we find the
kings wearing a skull
cap or bandeau, as e. g.,
on the sculptures of
Boghazkoi and Ivriz.
Fashions, like other products
of civilization, migrate
freely from people
to people, particularly
from those who possess
both a higher civilization
From the dates of the abovementioned
kings of Khate with some degree of certainty
we may therefore argue for the approximate dates of those
kings who on their sculptures appear with a similar headdress,
whether they are related to each other or not.
Accordingly,
such of the latter as wear a high pointed hat, e.g., the
Pseudo-Sesostris in the pass of Karabel, will perhaps date
from a time prior to Rameses III. (1200 b. c), while those
who appear with a skull cap or bandeau, e. g., the kings on
the monuments of Boghazkoi, must be regarded as later
than Rameses II., i. e., later than 1300 b. c. Thus the
inscription of the Pseudo-Sesostris in the pass of Karabel
would be older than 1200, the inscriptions accompanying
the Boghazkoi sculptures later than 1300 b. c.