This sculpture ends at waist level, and the face is slightly damaged, which accounts for the loss of the nose. It is in very high relief and was leaning against a stone that must have been rectangular. The figure has short hair, with thick strands falling straight on the forehead and the temples are covered with a soft round hat, the rim accentuated by three torus separated by two grooves. The face is massive and overly square. Under strong eyebrows, deeply sunken lids outline prominent eyes. The cheekbones are protruding, the mouth is thick, and the top lip curves upwards slightly in a grimace. The moustache is made of large strands of hair on each side, which merge into a short beard that begins under the very prominent ears. The right arm follows the line of the body, and the left arm, which is bent, holds a book.. Geometrical folds forming deep grooves are set around the neck.

The hat worn by the figure reminds one somewhat of the one worn by Moses and the prophet Saint Denis , and the book that he has in his hand does not leave any doubt about his identity. He is a prophet of the Old Testament. Stylistically it is traditional to compare the monumental Parisian sculpture of this time to the sculptures of Burgundy. Even though it is of inferior quality, the work on the folds of this fragment is strongly reminiscent of that of the figures on the lintel of the Great Portal at Cluny, and the treatment of the hair can also be compared to that of certain heads on that portal. Its function is revealed by the stone in its back and the evidence that this was pulled out by force. It was a figure stuck to a slab of stone like those which were found in certain cloisters at the beginning of the 12th century, the most famous being the one of Moissac.