"A robe worn by the Medes and Persians over their trowsers and other garments. It had wide sleeves, and was made of woollen cloth, which was either purple or of some other splendid colour. In the Persepolitan sculptres, from which the annexed figures are taken, nearly all the principal personages wear it." — Smith, 1873;

Candys

"A robe worn by the Medes and Persians over their trowsers and other garments. It had wide sleeves,…