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God of Amiens

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Head of the God of Amiens

• ... that the God of Amiens (head pictured) has a protruding animal ear?

• Source: Mahéo, Noël (1990). "136. Statuette d'une divinité à l'oreille de cervidé". In Viéville, Dominic (ed.). Les collections archéologiques du musée de Picardie. Vol. 1. Amiens: Trois Cailloux. p. 236. ISBN 978-2-402-42576-6.

• ALT1: ... that the God of Amiens (head pictured) has lost his serpent? Source: Mahéo, Noël (1990). "136. Statuette d'une divinité à l'oreille de cervidé". In Viéville, Dominic (ed.). Les collections archéologiques du musée de Picardie. Vol. 1. Amiens: Trois Cailloux. p. 236. ISBN 978-2-402-42576-6.
• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Shunten
• Comment: ALT1 is fun, but you might rightly reject it since it relies on a reconstruction, put forth by Lerat, of the statuette as once holding a serpent and grapes. To my knowledge nobody has rejected this reconstruction (Mahéo and Deonna explicitly concur) but it is just a reconstruction.

Created by Tenpop421 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 6 past nominations.

Tenpop421 (talk) 23:47, 31 October 2024 (UTC).