The original description in the catalogue reads: "Marble statue base at Cyzicus. Between vertical tridents are dolphins and half-galleys. There are two inscriptions: the longer in prose appears in the drawing, a shorter one in verse is on the other side. Both commemorate the clearing of 'the long choked channels and lagoon,' probably between Cyzicus and the mainland, by Queen Antonia Tryphaena, descended through her mother from Mark Antony."

The original description in the catalogue reads: "Seated Hellenistic goddess, perhaps Kore Soteira, who was worshipped at Cyzicus, as her footstool is decorated with pomegranate. Found near Cyzicus."