The tail was uncut, and generally almost swept the ground, but was confined by a string or ribbon tied tightly around it about midway.

Sometimes, more especially in the later sculptures, the lower half of the tail is plaited and tied up into a loop or bunch [PLATE XCIV., Fig.

5], according to the fashion which prevails in the present day through most parts of Turkey and Persia.
The warrior who fought from a chariot was sometimes merely dressed in a tunic, confined at the waist by a belt; sometimes, however, he wore a coat of mail, very like the Egyptian, consisting of a sort of shirt covered with small plates or scales of metal.

This shirt reached at least as low as the knees, beneath which the chariot itself was sufficient protection.

It had short sleeves, which covered the shoulder and upper part of the arm, but left the elbow and fore-arm quite undefended.