This statue depicts a man dressed for travelling, and dates probably to the end of the 2nd or beginning of the 3rd century AD. The modelling is rather flat, but the contours of several parts of the body, such as the stomach and the left knee, are visible underneath the tunic. In his left hand he holds a garland, and his right arm is placed on his chest; the hand clutches a sort of stole. The statue is purely roman in tradition, and was intended to be placed in a niche. Several parts of it retain traces of polychrome paint.
M. Rassart-Debergh, Romeinse en christelijke oudheden uit Egypte - Antiquités romaines et chrétiennes d'Égypte, Bruxelles 1976, 16-17
Cl. Traunecker, L'étole diaconale copte et ses antécédents, Deuxième Journée d'Études Coptes, Cahiers de la Bibliothèque Copte, 3 (Strasbourg 1984) 106, fig. 19
F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 171
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