Angel Wall Fragment from the Konya Citadel

The relief depicts an angel in profile facing right, rendered in stone. The figure wears a tall, ornate crown or diadem and traditional Anatolian-Seljuk garments, including a tunic with banded sleeves and a belted waist. A large wing, composed of stylized, overlapping feathers, extends behind the figure’s shoulder. The body is captured in a mid-stride position, suggesting forward motion, with the legs bent and positioned as if walking or flying.

This fragment belongs to the artistic tradition of the Sultanate of Rum, specifically reflecting the iconographic influence of celestial beings in 13th-century Seljuk Islamic architecture, which often featured anthropomorphic imagery despite later aniconic trends.