When he sate, he sloped it outwards, still, however, touching the ground with its point.
The parasol, which has always been in the East a mark of dignity, seems in Persia, as in Assyria, to have been confined, either by law or usage, to the king.

The Persian implement resembled the later Assyrian, except that it was not tasselled, and had no curtain or flap.

It had the same tent-like shape, the same long thick stem, and the same ornament at the top.

It only differed in being somewhat shallower, and in having the supports, which kept it open, curved instead of straight.

It was held over the king's head on state occasions by an attendant who walked immediately behind him.