The victory is shown in the customary gliding movement; her upper body turns slightly to the right. She is entirely covered with a peplos with an overfold (apoptygma) fixed by fibulae on both shoulders and girded underneath the breasts with a symmetrical Heracles knot. The left leg is advancing forward. The drapery of the garment with the sickle-shaped folds flying back on both sides of the waist is typical of Hauranite Victories.
The torso is preserved in two joined fragments. The head, wings, and arms are missing.
Provenance: Burāq.
Era: first or second century CE.
Substance: basalt.
Dimensions: H 150 cm, W 47 cm, D 38 cm.
Text: Weber (p. 59).
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Thomas M. Weber. Sculptures from Roman Syria in the Syrian National Museum of Damascus. Vol I, from Cities and Villages in Central and Southern Syria. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft. Worms. 2006.
Sélim et Andrée Abdul-Hak. Catalogue Illustré du Département des antiquités Gréco-Romaines au Musée de Damas, 1951.
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