Under the later kings the size of the head was considerably enlarged; and, at the same time, a curtain or flap was attached, which, falling from the edge of the parasol, more effectually protected the monarch from the sun's rays.

The head of the parasol was fringed with tassels, and the upper extremity of the pole commonly terminated in a flower or other ornament.

In the later time both the head and the curtain which depended from it were richly patterned.

If we may trust the remains of color upon the Khorsabad sculptures, the tints preferred were red and white, which alternated in bands upon the parasol as upon the royal tiara.
There was nothing very remarkable in the dress or quality of the royal attendants.

Except the groom, the charioteer, and the shield-bearers, they were in the early times almost invariably eunuchs; but the later kings seem to have preferred eunuchs for the offices of parasol-bearer and fan-bearer only.