The Museum placard informs us:
"Bronze statuette of Jupiter
Roman, 2nd half of 2nd century A.D....
The standing Jupiter is nude except for a mantle that is
draped over his left shoulder, around the hips, and across
the left forearm. he raises his right arm as if to hold a tall
scepter. The left hand, extended at hip level, grasped another,
now missing attribute. The god turns his head slightly to the
viewer's right. Tha facial features and the hair and beard are
carefully modeled and accentuated with cold work after
casting. From thigh level downward. the figure has been
fused, apparently by intense heat."
Wikipedia (
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"Jupiter ... or Jove is the king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder in ancient Roman religion and myth. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire. In Roman mythology, he negotiates with Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, to establish principles of Roman religion such as sacrifice.
Jupiter is usually thought to have originated as a sky god. His identifying implement is the thunderbolt, and his primary sacred animal is the eagle, which held precedence over other birds in the taking of auspices and became one of the most common symbols of the Roman army (see Aquila). The two emblems were often combined to represent the god in the form of an eagle holding in its claws a thunderbolt, frequently seen on Greek and Roman coins. As the sky-god, he was a divine witness to oaths, the sacred trust on which justice and good government depend. Many of his functions were focused on the Capitoline ("Capitol Hill"), where the citadel was located. He was the chief deity of the early Capitoline Triad with Mars and Quirinus. In the later Capitoline Triad, he was the central guardian of the state with Juno and Minerva. His sacred tree was the oak."