What's up with Mesopotamian hair?

by cosmic_boredom

I'm wondering what's up with the hair. Like, this. All the groups from this area and period depict hair/beards in that specific way. Is it an artistic interpretation of curls, how they physically styled themselves, or what? I couldn't find any information.

jonesy852

/u/qsertorius answers it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1lfgam/question_about_ancient_depictions_of_hair/

Found another thread where this question has been answered thoroughly by numerous people:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4xgau7/in_ancient_mesopotamian_statues_beards_often/

(Whoops. Someone else linked this exact thread below me.)