Mesopotamian Physiognomic Omens in India research-article Kenneth Zysk Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Jahrgang 169 (2019), Ausgabe 2, Seite 379 - 394 In this paper we explore important evidence for connections between Mesopotamian and Indian physiognomy. The study examines a section of omens that predict a man's future based on the curling of the hairs of the head found both in Akkadian and Prakrit followed by Sanskrit texts.