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Right forearm from a lifesize statue of Jupiter Heliopolitanus

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Right forearm from a lifesize statue of Jupiter Heliopolitanus

Thirteen bracelets and traces of the handle of a whip allow the identification of the deity
From Beirut/Berytus (see Beirut on Pleiades).
Roman imperial period, 2nd c. CE
Marble

In the collection of the National Museum of Beirut, Lebanon, inv. 011.

Photographed on display in the exhibit "The World between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 18–June 23, 2019.

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