Though discovered at the same place, this wing does not fit the fracture line of the previously described Gliding Victory and therefore must belong to a different sculpture. The piece features three rows of elaborately worked feathers, separated from each other by thin grooves.
Provenance: Provenance: aš-Šayẖ Saʿd .
Era: 2nd - 3rd century CE.
Substance: black basalt.
Dimensions: H 19 cm, W 17.3 cm, D 7.7 cm.
Text: adapted from Weber (p. 48).
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.
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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