Generally they were quite plain; but sometimes, like the royal bracelets, they bore in their centre a rosette.

Sandals, or in the later times shoes, completed the ordinary costume of the Assyrian "gentleman." Sometimes both the girdle round the waist, and the cross-belt, which was often worn without a sword, were deeply fringed, the two fringes falling one over the other, and covering the whole body from the chest to the knee.

Sometimes, but more rarely, the long robe was discarded, and the Assyrian of some rank wore the short tunic, which was then, however, always fringed, and commonly ornamented with a phillibeg.
Certain peculiar head-dresses and peculiar modes of arranging the hair deserve special attention from their singularity.

[PLATE CXXXV., Fig.
4.] They belong in general to musicians, priests, and other official personages, and may perhaps have been badges of office.

For instance, musicians sometimes wear on their heads a tall stiff cap shaped like a fish's tail; at other times their head-dress is a sort of tiara of feathers.
Their hair is generally arranged in the ordinary Assyrian fashion; but sometimes it is worn comparatively short, and terminates in a double row of crisp curls.