The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . I II {li ?• Asiatic Journal, vol. xv. p. 271. * Loftus, p. 258. Compare thecentral standin<:; figure in the cy-linder of whicli a representation is given, page 118. ® Sec the same cylinder, where twoof the three standing hgiuvs wear themitre in question. 134 THE FIEST MONARCHY. Chap. VI. The beard was commonly worn straight and long,not in crisp curls, as by the Assyrians. The hairwas also worn long, eitlier gathered together into aclub behind
The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia . I II {li ?• Asiatic Journal, vol. xv. p. 271. * Loftus, p. 258. Compare thecentral standin<:; figure in the cy-linder of whicli a representation is given, page 118. ® Sec the same cylinder, where twoof the three standing hgiuvs wear themitre in question. 134 THE FIEST MONARCHY. Chap. VI. The beard was commonly worn straight and long,not in crisp curls, as by the Assyrians. The hairwas also worn long, eitlier gathered together into aclub behind the head, or depending in long spiralcurls on either side the face and down the were much affected, especially by thewomen. Bronze and iron bangles and armlets, brace-lets of rings or beads, earrings, and rings for thetoes, are common in the tombs, and few femaleskeletons are without them. The material of theornaments is generally of small value. Many ofthe rings are formed by grinding down a small kindof shell ;^ the others are of bronze or iron. Agatebeads, however, are not uncommon, and gold beadshave been found in a fe
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