The gate of the year

Figure on the left:

Sculpture on a stone wall, near Borgone di Susa, Turin, Italy. It is locally known as “Maometto” (“Muhammad”). It is a relief of the Roman period, datable to about the II or III century A.D., worn from the elements, which represents a divinity with a mantle and accompanied by a dog, holding in his right hand an object, which could be a stick (more visible in the little image), and in his left one a hardly identifiable thing, but not incompatible with a bundle of branches or leaves: elements that are attributable to Silvanus.
[Image: http://exploring3.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/bosco-del-maometto/]

Figure on the right:

Photo of the“Maometto” at Borgone di Susa, Torino, 1983, from Taurasia, vol. XX, n.1 (2005).
[http://www.archeogat.it/zindex/TAV/Maometto_TAV.pdf]




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Figure on the left: Sculpture on a stone wall, near Borgone di Susa, Turin, Italy. It is locally known as “Maometto” (“Muhammad”). It is a relief of the Roman period, datable to about the II or III century A.D., worn from the elements, which represents a divinity with a mantle and accompanied by a dog, holding in his right hand an object, which could be a stick (more visible in the little image), and in his left one a hardly identifiable thing, but not incompatible with a bundle of branches or leaves: elements that are attributable to Silvanus. [Image: http://exploring3.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/bosco-del-maometto/] Figure on the right: Photo of the“Maometto” at Borgone di Susa, Torino, 1983, from Taurasia, vol. XX, n.1 (2005). [http://www.archeogat.it/zindex/TAV/Maometto_TAV.pdf]