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Gods and Goddesses (12 threads, 163 posts)
    Jupiter (19 posts)
    Historical Thread

    This is the thread for discussion on the god Jupiter and for information about the Flamen Dialis as well as the cult of Jupiter. ...
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    Dolichenus Find from Mauer an der Url
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    Author: * Nantonos Aedui - 2 Posts on this thread out of 210 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Aug 29, 2003 - 16:20

    Too late for the previous posting, I found a photo of a bronze statuse of Jupier Dolichenus from Mauer an der Url, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. The statue dates to the first half of the third century ce (200-250) and shows Jupiter standing on the back of a bull. He is wearing a Phrygian cap, breastplate and half-boots and is armed with thunderbolts and a double axe.

    The same picture shows a brionze triangular plaque with embossed decoration showing an eagle, the sun god Sol, the moon goddess Luna, Jupiter Dolichenus, Juno Regina, Victoria and others; its thought to have been mounted on a staff and used in processions although it could also have been mounted on a wall.


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