He had earrings of gold in his ears, often inlaid with jewels he wore golden bracelets upon his wrists; and he had a chain or collar of gold about his neck.

[PLATE XXXIII., Fig.

1.] In his girdle, which was also of gold, he carried a short sword, the sheath of which was formed of a single precious stone.

The monuments, unfortunately, throw little light on the character and workmanship of these portions of the royal costume.
We may gather from them, perhaps, that the bracelets had a large jewel set in their centre, and that the collars were of twisted work, worn loosely around the neck.

The sword seems to have differed little from that of the ordinary Persians.