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A fact from God of Amiens appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the God of Amiens (head pictured) seems to have lost his serpent?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:01, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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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) seems to have 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).[reply]

date, length, hook, close paraphrase check, qpq checks out. Image free on Commons. ALT1 would require a bit of rewording, something on the lines of "seems to have lost" etc. --Soman (talk) 22:09, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edited ALT1 to reflect this. Thanks! Tenpop421 (talk) 23:30, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect sitting posture

The article describes the figure as sitting in lotus position, which is incorrect, as the feet are not placed as resting on the thighs. It would be more correctly described as sitting in cross-legged style, also known as tailor's posture. Bahudhara (talk) 01:10, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're quite right. I apologise for reverting, going back to the sources only a couple (quite incorrectly) refer to the pose as a lotus (or buddhist) pose. Best, Tenpop421 (talk) 17:17, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]