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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 13102344, member: 5833"]This is Mario de Filippis' plate:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cortonaweb.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/6-statuetta-Culsans.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cortonaweb.net/en/museums-in-cortona/maec/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cortonaweb.net/en/museums-in-cortona/maec/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cortonaweb.net/en/museums-in-cortona/maec/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Think Google's AI is probably correct, other than the bit about the janate headdress. He would have 2 faces himself:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>god <b>Culsans</b>, holding his right arm out with a raised index finger and bearing a votive inscription along his left thigh.</li> </ul><p> <ul> <li>He is depicted as a youthful, beardless male figure wearing rustic boots, a neck torques, and a distinctive two-faced (janiform) headdress.</li> </ul><p> <ul> <li>Culsans is widely considered the Etruscan counterpart to the Roman god Janus, serving as a guardian and protector of gateways and doorways.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 13102344, member: 5833"]This is Mario de Filippis' plate: [IMG]https://www.cortonaweb.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/6-statuetta-Culsans.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.cortonaweb.net/en/museums-in-cortona/maec/[/URL] Think Google's AI is probably correct, other than the bit about the janate headdress. He would have 2 faces himself: [LIST] [*]god [B]Culsans[/B], holding his right arm out with a raised index finger and bearing a votive inscription along his left thigh. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]He is depicted as a youthful, beardless male figure wearing rustic boots, a neck torques, and a distinctive two-faced (janiform) headdress. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Culsans is widely considered the Etruscan counterpart to the Roman god Janus, serving as a guardian and protector of gateways and doorways. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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