2), on which we can sometimes trace indications of a slight wave.
[PLATE X., Fig.

1.] The national fashion, that to which Herodotus alludes, seems to be represented by the three commoner modes.

Where the round mass is worn, we have probably an Assyrian fashion, which the Babylonians aped during the time of that people's pre-eminence.
[Illustration: PLATE X.] Besides their flowing hair, the Babylonians are represented frequently with a large beard.

This is generally longer than the Assyrian, descending nearly to the waist.

Sometimes it curls crisply upon the face, but below the chin depends over the breast in long, straight locks.