Only the hindquarters of the animal are preserved along with a structure, probably a saddle, on the back. The sculpture features a boy standing behind a jumping horse and reaching with one of his hands to its tail. The boy's facial features are deformed. His head turns to the left while the frontally viewed body appears heading in the opposite direction. Judging by the rough, unfinished appearance of its back, the original sculpture was perhaps two-sided.
Provenance: Provenance: aš-Šayẖ Saʿd .
Era: 2nd - 3rd century CE.
Substance: grey basalt.
Dimensions: H 80 cm, W 43 cm, L 79 cm.
Text: adapted from Weber (p. 46).
Collection: the National Museum of Damascus. Discovered by the Czech Archaeological Mission under the directorship of Bedřich Hrozný in 1924, it was acquired by the National Museum in May 1925. It currently is in the Museum's garden.
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.
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