The 3-faced sculpture at Michael's Church in

Forchtenberg
Joannes Richter (jwr47)

Abstract
In the German city of Forchtenberg we may identify a sculpture with 3 faces at an outer wall
Michael's church.
The sculpture seems to symbolize a trinity, which according to our guide had been taken from the
old church at the graveyard of the city. It may have been created at the Celtic era. In the
neighborhood of Forchtenberg a Celtic grave has been found.
The three faces have been deteriorated by the weather. A black colored hat seems to cover the head.
Below the cover a wedge seems to split both upper faces, which may be compared to the wedge
between the heads of the Hermes sculpture of Roquepertuse (→ File:Roquepertuse-Sculpture deux
têtes).
At the sides of the black hat the person wears two long hair braids.
To illustrate and study the 3-dimensional structure of the sculpture I added some contours tot the
photograph.
In the German city of Forchtenberg we may identify a sculpture with 3 faces at an outer wall
Michael's church.
The sculpture seems to symbolize a trinity, which according to our guide had been taken from the
old church at the graveyard of the city. It may have been created at the Celtic era.

1: The 3-faced sculpture at an outer wall of Michael's church

The three faces have been deteriorated by the weather.

A black colored hat seems to cover the head. At the sides of the black hat the person wears two long
hair braids.
Below the cover a wedge seems to split both upper faces, which may be compared to the wedge
between the heads of the Hermes sculpture of Roquepertuse (→ File:Roquepertuse-Sculpture deux
têtes).
2: Hermes of Roquepertuse
To illustrate and study the 3-dimensional structure of the sculpture I added some highlighting
contours to the photograph.

3: The 3-faced sculpture at an outer wall of Michael's church

5 The 3-faced sculpture at an outer wall of

4 The 3-faced sculpture
Michael's church in Forchtenberg
at an outer wall of
Michael's church in
Forchtenberg
 6: Text CR (?) at the left side (?)

At the left side a couple of letters may be interpreted. These text symbols however are unclear.