Giove Ligure

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Broken fragment of bearded deity in local stone associated by the veleiati with the god of peaks Jupiter Ligurian. The head, particularly disproportionate, seems to have been thought for a view from below, with the character seated perhaps on a throne. The hands grip tightly around the handles of two instruments, the hair presents two small holes that served perhaps to position a diadem, tied with an inverted V ribbon still visible on the back. This representation refers directly to Jupiter with scepter and lightning.