What is wrapping around the feathers of the grip?

[stevesarak]

Another one:

Alexander the Paphlagonian

A large tame snake with a false human head, wound round Alexander's body as he sat in a shrine in the temple

Valete,

Wouldn't that be something if the piece in its origianl state, had the snake's body flowing down behind the head and attaching to it. The head being attached to the snake.

[stevesarak]

And an interesting article about all the snake myths in the antiquity, at least one or two look to fit to that object, for the resemblance of the feathers to the palm leaves too:

[url:3quatisb]https://notes.utk.edu/bio/greenberg.nsf/9e9a470d5230cdda852563ef0059fa56/2d98e6a290cd241885256b0a00753ea7?OpenDocument[/url]

Just forgotten the Mithra's snake.

Valete,

Nice write up, thanks for the link.