[1][2] Measuring 30 metres (98 ft) in height, it is crowned by the sculptural group of Jupiter and Ganymede.

[3] The column includes a four-stepped base, a relatively low podium, topped by a projecting cornice, a storey, its flat Corinthian pilasters with decorated shafts, supporting an architrave, a sculptured frieze and a heavy cornice.

[4] The donations consist of a hare, two fish, a kid, an eel, a rooster and a basket of fruit.

[2] Because of its testimony to the importance of Trier during Roman times, the Igel Column was designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier in 1986.

A polychromed replica dominates the central courtyard of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier.